Intel is suing this Chinese company because it’s found a way around 4K copyright protection
Jan04
on January 4, 2016
at 1:31 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Copyright, Digital Content Protection, HDCP, Insider, intel, piracy, Warner Bros.
There is no way to stop determined pirates, but Warner Bros. and Intel are having a go with the filing of a lawsuit against China’s LegendSky, makers of the HDFury 4K that can quickly rip off online videos. While it’s clear why Warner Bros would be pissed, you might wonder why Intel has waded in. That’s because it owns a company called Digital Content Protection, which content makers pay a fee to in order to protect their digital creations from would-be pirates. The company’s High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection is supposed to stop hackers being able to copy and share 4K digital content without a trace. The…
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