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"Hard" is of course relative. Even if the DRM itself on the next-gen discs proves to live up to the hype of how secure it is, there's still the transport to consider. Ed Felten has already demonstrated how HDCP can be cracked. Once that's done, the digital video stream could easily be recorded.
I have already read that article, I showed it to a friend of mine who is way smarter and reads about HDCP all the time (slow days at work). Anyway he believes there are some flaws to the articles presumptions and concludes he doesn't think cracking it would be as easy as the author suggests. I wish I could convey all of that better but I'm not capable.
Bottom line, we're not going to know until its out, hell HDCP isn't even completely finalized yet!
