The issue with encryption first emerged at the end of last year when the AACS admitted that a hacker had bypassed security on some HD-DVD titles.
The hacker, known as muslix64, has been able to access the encryption keys which pass between certain discs and the player.
Once those keys have been obtained the disc can be stripped of its encryption enabling the digital content to be played on any machine.
The hacker said he had grown angry when a HD-DVD movie he had bought would not play on his monitor because it did not have the compliant connector demanded by the movie industry.
Since then links to the original crack and information about it has steadily been leaking out on the web.
