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iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iTunes and beyond: News: New Apple MacBooks enforce HDCP protection for iTunes videos
Cult of Mac: MacBook Owners Enraged As Apple Blocks Some Displays
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence: Another reason to pirate: High Definition Content Protection (HDCP)
News: New Apple MacBooks enforce HDCP protection for iTunes videos
iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iTunes and beyond —
Some owners of Apple’s latest MacBook and MacBook Pro computers are reporting that certain iTunes Store-purchased videos will no longer play through their external displays, producing an error message blaming the displays’ lack of HDCP protection. HDCP, or High Definition Content Protection, is an Intel-developed form of copy protection that prevents copying of digital audio and video content that travels across HDMI, DisplayPort, DVI, or other video cables from a playback device to a display. While Apple has previously included HDCP protection in certain content displayed via ...
MacBook Owners Enraged As Apple Blocks Some Displays
Cult of Mac —
... Since late October, MacBook owners have used Apple’s discussion boards to deride the hardware copy protection scheme. ...
Another reason to pirate: High Definition Content Protection (HDCP)
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence —
... The technology is meant to block playing on unauthorized displays but it is hard to see how this is supposed to prevent piracy. This is undoubtedly motivated by the studios trying to keep a hold of their content, not by Apple. (don't like? share) ...
Apple's new MacBooks have built-in copy protection measures
AppleInsider —
... , meaning that all future Macs from the Cupertino-based company are likely to include the same restrictions experienced by users of its latest notebooks. As a licensed adopter of HDCP, Apple agrees to pay an annual fee and abide by the conditions set forth in Inte's HDCP License Agreement [ ...
HDCP annoyance on new MacBooks, MacBook Pros
MacUser —
... up in High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) ridiculousness--a new version of DRM for video that requires all devices in the chain of video transmission to be authorized to play back content. In other words, if you want hook up a projector or an older monitor to your new machine in order to watch certain iTunes content, you're going to get the above error message. The solution? You'll need an HDCP-compliant display.
Apparently this has been brewing on the Apple discussion boards for a few weeks now, with one poster reporting on October 26: ...
New MacBook HDCP Impairing External Displays [TheAppleBlog]
GigaOM Network —
... The person who pointed out the problem to Ars was just trying to play Hellboy 2 for a class of high school students using an external projector. Another case reported in an Apple support discussion thread occurred when a MacBook owner tried to playback content to his external 19-inch monitor. This report was quickly joined by many, many others. In all cases, playback works fine on the computer’s built-in display. ...
MacBook Pro users getting bitten by HDCP
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
Filed under: Video, iTunes, Bad Apple, Macbook Pro, MacBook Yesterday, our buddy David Chartier at Ars and Sam Oliver at AppleInsider both publicized an issue that's been burning up the support boards for a while now: iTunes video rentals and purchases in HD are flagged for HDCP control, and in cooperation with the new Mini DisplayPort connector on the MacBook and MacBook Pro unibody models, those movies and TV shows are refusing to play back on non-compliant external displays.
In this ...
Apple Bends to Studios, Adds Copyright Protection to MacBooks
Wired: Gadget Lab —
... "I tried all the movies that I have purchased from the iTunes Store
with the same result," said "Maxyourmacs," who
complained about the issue on Apple's support forums. "None of them
will play on anything but the MacBook's small 13-inch screen. This is
crazy unacceptable." ...
MacBook Owners Up In Arms About New Copyright Software
paidContent —
... ) is bundling a form of copyright protection software into new MacBooks that has some buyers up in arms. Called High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP), the technology prevents MacBook owners from playing movies they've purchased through iTunes on many external monitors, TVs or projectors—meaning they're stuck watching flicks they've paid for on much smaller screens. ...
Apple enables HDCP in iTunes, limits playback for many MacBook users
Obsessable News Feed —
... Have any readers ran into this problem with your MacBooks? Are you going to bite the bullet and buy a new screen, or join the angry forum-posters boycotting iTunes movie downloads? Let us know in the comments below. ...
