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HDCP annoyance on new MacBooks, MacBook Pros
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www.macuser.com — Our pals over at Infinite Loop and Engadget are reporting that while Apple's new laptops might have snazzy Mini DisplayPorts, some iTunes content is all sewn up in High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) ridiculousness--a new version of DRM for video that requires all devices in the ...

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News Roundup for November the 19th
Apple Eclectic — ... in October, compared to last year. Which is simple enough to explain. I mean, last year we didn’t have those funky aluminium brick MacBooks, did we? Wow, can you believe we used to live like that? No glossy glass screens. No glossy glass trackpads. No problems playing back protected content. It’s kind of like the Stone Age. ...

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It has come to pass that HDCP - High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection (or, in this case, DisplayPort Content Protection) - is now built into the new MacBooks to protect iTunes Store media. Most of the content is not protected but it seems some newer videos are, which means you can't play ...