A mere month after the release of programmer Muslix64's , which allows users to bypass the copy protection of both HD DVD and Blu-Ray discs, the first pirated movie has BitTorrent.Serenity is now floating around on BitTorrent channels as a .EVO file, playable on most DVD playback software, weighing in at 19.6GB with MPEG-4 VC-1 encoding.
BackupHDDVD is not a complete package as far as ripping discs, because users must obtain and insert a volume or title key to extract the files. However, is this first HD DVD torrent the beginning of a new influx of illegal movie downloads via hackers and pirates? Do big studios already have to worry about an ensuing copy protection battle, with the format wars not even settled?
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