ADVANCED ACCESS ADVANCED ACCESS CONTENT SYSTEM CONTENT SYSTEM - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

ADVANCED ACCESS ADVANCED ACCESS CONTENT SYSTEM CONTENT SYSTEM (AACS) (AACS)

AACS Status Update

Presented to BDA CPG November 7, 2013

Topics to be discussed Topics to be discussed

AACS Status AACS Status Key Generation Facility Key Generation Facility Reminder on Analog Sunset Reminder on Analog Sunset Compliance Testing Compliance Testing Enforcement, Regulatory and Legislative Activity Enforcement, Regulatory and Legislative Activity Content Protection Improvements (Current) Content Protection Improvements (Current) Future Content Protection Improvements Future Content Protection Improvements Managed Copy Managed Copy Other Other

AACS Status Overview AACS Status Overview

 From AACS perspective, Blu-ray business continues

From AACS perspective, Blu-ray business continues to grow – high key volumes to grow – high key volumes

 AACS now has over 1000 licensees and growing

AACS now has over 1000 licensees and growing

 Efforts continue to control costs in order to maintain

Efforts continue to control costs in order to maintain the fee levels the fee levels

 On schedule for sunrises and sunsets

On schedule for sunrises and sunsets

 Next sunset is analog outputs – Dec 31

Next sunset is analog outputs – Dec 31st

st

 On line key order entry progressing

On line key order entry progressing

 Compliance testing for devices also proceeding

Compliance testing for devices also proceeding

 Enforcement/Regulatory/Legislative activities

Enforcement/Regulatory/Legislative activities continue to take effort continue to take effort

 AACS is working on system improvements for current

AACS is working on system improvements for current and the future formats and the future formats

AACS Status – Key Generation AACS Status – Key Generation

 Step-by-step work on KGF upgrades for on-line key

Step-by-step work on KGF upgrades for on-line key

• rder entry continue
• rder entry continue

 Being done in a careful manner so that the key space is

Being done in a careful manner so that the key space is not contaminated not contaminated

 Upgrade in January completed – volume driven

Upgrade in January completed – volume driven

 Upgrade in June completed – new back end processing

Upgrade in June completed – new back end processing system in production system in production

 Next upgrade planned for mid-December to eliminate

Next upgrade planned for mid-December to eliminate two manual steps (air gaps) two manual steps (air gaps)

 Website interface being used daily by AACS Admin

Website interface being used daily by AACS Admin

 Will need to develop interface for large replicators that have

Will need to develop interface for large replicators that have automated key orders – this will be prioritized with work for automated key orders – this will be prioritized with work for content protection improvements content protection improvements

Reminder on Analog Sunset Reminder on Analog Sunset

Three Important Dates

Three Important Dates

December 31, 2010 – Sunset for hi resolution

December 31, 2010 – Sunset for hi resolution analog outputs, except for existing models analog outputs, except for existing models

December 31, 2011 – Sunset for existing

December 31, 2011 – Sunset for existing models models

December 31, 2013 – Sunset for analog

December 31, 2013 – Sunset for analog

• utputs on all AACS compliant devices
• utputs on all AACS compliant devices

Please be sure to review the Adopter

Please be sure to review the Adopter Agreement for exact wording Agreement for exact wording

Device Compliance Testing Device Compliance Testing

Activity Activity Status or Anticipated End Date Status or Anticipated End Date ACE review of the ACE Agreement ACE review of the ACE Agreement Complete, Complete, Beta test by potential ACE’s Beta test by potential ACE’s Complete Complete Evaluate ACE beta test comments Evaluate ACE beta test comments Complete Complete Notice to Adopters on anticipated Notice to Adopters on anticipated schedule and distribute Questionnaire schedule and distribute Questionnaire Complete Complete Conduct training sessions for ACE’s Conduct training sessions for ACE’s Complete Complete Dry run site visit 1 and 2 with potential Dry run site visit 1 and 2 with potential ACE ACE Complete Complete ACE site visits being scheduled ACE site visits being scheduled Complete by year end Complete by year end Final ACE selection and approval Final ACE selection and approval After the site visits After the site visits

Device Compliance Testing Device Compliance Testing

 Second dry run site visit completed last week –

Second dry run site visit completed last week – test tools and documents are now validated and test tools and documents are now validated and complete complete

 Dry runs were conducted at potential ACE. As a

Dry runs were conducted at potential ACE. As a result, that potential ACE is now qualified result, that potential ACE is now qualified

 ACE agreements are being finalized

ACE agreements are being finalized

 Notice with schedule to be sent shortly

Notice with schedule to be sent shortly

 Compliance obligation will start no earlier than

Compliance obligation will start no earlier than January January

Enforcement Enforcement, Regulatory and , Regulatory and Legislative Legislative

Slysoft

Slysoft

Trial commenced on June 25

Trial commenced on June 25th

th

Two AACS witnesses testified

Two AACS witnesses testified

AACS counsel continues close contact with

AACS counsel continues close contact with Antiguan prosecutors Antiguan prosecutors

Was continued until January due to illness of

Was continued until January due to illness of a key participant a key participant

Enforcement, Enforcement, Regulatory Regulatory and and Legislative Legislative

US Special 301 Filing

US Special 301 Filing

USTR Report in April 2013 recognized Antigua’s

USTR Report in April 2013 recognized Antigua’s failure to proceed with SlySoft trial as an issue failure to proceed with SlySoft trial as an issue

USTR Notorious Markets filing done on Oct

USTR Notorious Markets filing done on Oct 25th (requesting that four rogue software 25th (requesting that four rogue software distribution websites be placed on the distribution websites be placed on the Notorious Markets list) Notorious Markets list)

Enforcement, Enforcement, Regulatory Regulatory and and Legislative Legislative

New USTR request – related to the Caribbean

New USTR request – related to the Caribbean Basin trade program agreement, AACS LA Basin trade program agreement, AACS LA comments filed November 1 (requesting that comments filed November 1 (requesting that Antigua and Barbuda be denied Caribbean Antigua and Barbuda be denied Caribbean Basin trade concessions due to the failure to Basin trade concessions due to the failure to provide “adequate and effective” IP rights provide “adequate and effective” IP rights protection based on the delay in investigation protection based on the delay in investigation and trial of SlySoft) and trial of SlySoft)

Enforcement, Enforcement, Regulatory Regulatory and and Legislative Legislative

FCC comments on closed caption rulemaking

FCC comments on closed caption rulemaking filed November 4 (focused on requesting that filed November 4 (focused on requesting that the FCC not mandate that BD Players have the FCC not mandate that BD Players have analog outputs, which the FCC had proposed analog outputs, which the FCC had proposed as a possibility in Federal Register notice this as a possibility in Federal Register notice this past summer) past summer)

Enforcement, Regulatory and Enforcement, Regulatory and Legislative Legislative

 Legislative – Nothing new to report

Legislative – Nothing new to report

US

US

US Congress absorbed in other matters

US Congress absorbed in other matters

France

France

Possible legislative as a result of the

Possible legislative as a result of the VLC/HADOPI procedure – this is stretching VLC/HADOPI procedure – this is stretching

• ut
• ut

Australia – new administration

Australia – new administration

 AACS retains two law firms that keep track of

AACS retains two law firms that keep track of legislative activity world wide legislative activity world wide

Content Protection Improvements Content Protection Improvements

 Certification Testing

Certification Testing

 Bus Encryption

Bus Encryption

 Host Private Key Tracking

Host Private Key Tracking

 Legal Actions and Market

Legal Actions and Market Monitoring Monitoring

 Cooperation with US

Cooperation with US Authorities Authorities

 Slysoft Trial

Slysoft Trial

 Payment Processors

Payment Processors

 Avangate

Avangate

 Implementer with

Implementer with repeated key losses repeated key losses

 AACS Recordable

AACS Recordable removal removal

 Audio Watermarking

Audio Watermarking

 BCM Guide (outreach)

BCM Guide (outreach)

 MCM Guide (outreach)

MCM Guide (outreach)

 Enhanced Key Tracking

Enhanced Key Tracking

 Deployment of Unified

Deployment of Unified MKB’s MKB’s

 Key Discovery and

Key Discovery and Enhanced Revocation Enhanced Revocation

Presented to BD CPG at June, 2012 Meeting Presented to BD CPG at June, 2012 Meeting

Status of Content Protection Status of Content Protection Improvements Improvements

 Certification Testing – nearly complete

Certification Testing – nearly complete

 Host Private Key Tracking – currently performed

Host Private Key Tracking – currently performed by founder personnel by founder personnel

 Legal Actions and Market Monitoring – on-going

Legal Actions and Market Monitoring – on-going

 Lobbying and Cooperation with US Authorities –

Lobbying and Cooperation with US Authorities –

• ngoing
• ngoing

 Slysoft Trial – underway

Slysoft Trial – underway

 Payment Processors – Encouraging initial

Payment Processors – Encouraging initial assistance, less recent cooperation received; assistance, less recent cooperation received; further follow up planned further follow up planned

 Avangate – some success and some

Avangate – some success and some backsliding; further activity planned backsliding; further activity planned

Status of Content Protection Status of Content Protection Improvements Improvements

 Implementer with repeated key losses – audits

Implementer with repeated key losses – audits done and corrective action taken done and corrective action taken

 AACS Recordable removal - completed

AACS Recordable removal - completed

 Audio Watermarking – successful rollout

Audio Watermarking – successful rollout

 BCM Guide (outreach) – drafted, on hold

BCM Guide (outreach) – drafted, on hold

 MCM Guide (outreach) – drafted, on hold

MCM Guide (outreach) – drafted, on hold

 Enhanced Key Tracking – completed in

Enhanced Key Tracking – completed in December KGF update December KGF update

 Key Discovery and Enhanced Revocation –

Key Discovery and Enhanced Revocation – completed in December KGF upgrade completed in December KGF upgrade

Content Protection Improvements Content Protection Improvements

Bus encryption

Bus encryption

Bus encryption makes it impossible

Bus encryption makes it impossible for a ripper to rip a movie that is for a ripper to rip a movie that is protected with bus encryption, to be protected with bus encryption, to be played on a new bus-encryption- played on a new bus-encryption- capable drive, without revealing a capable drive, without revealing a compromised host certificate. compromised host certificate.

Some studios now encoding for bus

Some studios now encoding for bus encryption encryption

Outreach to other studios planned

Outreach to other studios planned

Content Protection Improvements Content Protection Improvements

Unified MKB (uMKBs, variants)

Unified MKB (uMKBs, variants)

uMKBs are a cryptographic enhancement

uMKBs are a cryptographic enhancement which allows AACS to determine the device which allows AACS to determine the device keys used based on pirate content itself. keys used based on pirate content itself.

Currently working on test discs to validate

Currently working on test discs to validate that movie variations do not cause that movie variations do not cause playback issues in fielded players playback issues in fielded players

Content Protection Improvement Content Protection Improvement as a result of CPIWG as a result of CPIWG

Three companies (Fox,Irdeto and IBM)

Three companies (Fox,Irdeto and IBM) made an initial presentation to CPG-TF in made an initial presentation to CPG-TF in response to the BDA charter to improve response to the BDA charter to improve the content protection for Blu-ray the content protection for Blu-ray

This presentation included the concept of:

This presentation included the concept of:

Solution(s) internal to AACS, referred to as

Solution(s) internal to AACS, referred to as “Path A” “Path A”

Solution(s) that involved AACS and BD+

Solution(s) that involved AACS and BD+ working jointly working jointly

AACS Path A AACS Path A

Provides primarily forensic benefits with initial

Provides primarily forensic benefits with initial

• perational benefits
• perational benefits

Path A provides the ability to determine the

Path A provides the ability to determine the device keys being used in a ripper, and device keys being used in a ripper, and makes it very difficult to hide those keys in a makes it very difficult to hide those keys in a server (anonymous attack). server (anonymous attack).

Specs will be confidential and released only

Specs will be confidential and released only to the affected PC player manufacturers, to the affected PC player manufacturers, unlike other AACS specs unlike other AACS specs

Based on existing AACS IP

Based on existing AACS IP

AACS Path A (continued) AACS Path A (continued)

Path A will be optional for content companies

Path A will be optional for content companies

Only a few titles will need to be authored with the

Only a few titles will need to be authored with the new cryptographic information new cryptographic information

Forensic benefits accrue to all content companies

Forensic benefits accrue to all content companies

The initial operational benefits will accrue only to

The initial operational benefits will accrue only to the titles authored with the cryptographic the titles authored with the cryptographic information information

Benefits the whole Blu-ray ecosystem

Benefits the whole Blu-ray ecosystem

Requires KGF changes that will be started

Requires KGF changes that will be started after the current on-line work is finished after the current on-line work is finished

BD+/AACS Hybrid Solution BD+/AACS Hybrid Solution

The 3C (Fox, Irdeto and IBM) and AACS

The 3C (Fox, Irdeto and IBM) and AACS discussed several approaches to working discussed several approaches to working together to benefit both AACS and BD+ together to benefit both AACS and BD+

3C preferred an approach that AACS

3C preferred an approach that AACS believes would have involved new legal believes would have involved new legal entities, cross licensing and uncertainty entities, cross licensing and uncertainty regarding the robustness rules regarding the robustness rules

AACS has recently proposed a less

AACS has recently proposed a less complicated alternate approach complicated alternate approach

Alternate AACS/BD+ Approach Alternate AACS/BD+ Approach

 AACS believes this approach features many benefits of

AACS believes this approach features many benefits of the initial approach the initial approach

 AACS has offered a new encryption value to BD+ to be

AACS has offered a new encryption value to BD+ to be used for forensic purposes used for forensic purposes

 Presentation materials provided to Fox, Irdeto

Presentation materials provided to Fox, Irdeto

 Conference call meeting held to walk through and

Conference call meeting held to walk through and discuss possible approach discuss possible approach

 Work is continuing

Work is continuing

 If accepted by BD+ in a timely manner, can be

If accepted by BD+ in a timely manner, can be implemented at the same time as the KGF changes implemented at the same time as the KGF changes made for the Path A approach at minimal cost and made for the Path A approach at minimal cost and schedule considerations schedule considerations

 In addition, sharing of forensic information is proposed

In addition, sharing of forensic information is proposed and discussions are continuing and discussions are continuing

Future Format AACS Content Future Format AACS Content Protection Direction Protection Direction

 The 8 AACS Founders are committed to

The 8 AACS Founders are committed to developing the content protection regime for the developing the content protection regime for the next generation BD format if and when that next generation BD format if and when that format is agreed upon, guided by the format is agreed upon, guided by the requirements of the BDA and the MovieLabs requirements of the BDA and the MovieLabs document. document.

 AACS has begun work on the related technical

AACS has begun work on the related technical and legal aspects, and expects to ramp up and legal aspects, and expects to ramp up activity significantly in the near future activity significantly in the near future (depending, in part, on the developments in, and (depending, in part, on the developments in, and direction from, the BDA) direction from, the BDA)

Future Format AACS Content Future Format AACS Content Protection Direction Protection Direction

AACS would welcome a working

AACS would welcome a working relationship or liaison with the BDA relationship or liaison with the BDA

AACS has also begun outreach to other

AACS has also begun outreach to other companies in the Blu-ray ecosystem companies in the Blu-ray ecosystem

Managed Copy Directions Managed Copy Directions

Functionally complete MCAS server –

Functionally complete MCAS server – successful third party security assessment successful third party security assessment completed completed

Functionally complete User Interface for

Functionally complete User Interface for Content Owners and AACS Administrators Content Owners and AACS Administrators

Press Reports of “Digital Bridge”

Press Reports of “Digital Bridge” discussions in BDA discussions in BDA

AACS interested in and stands ready to

AACS interested in and stands ready to work with BDA on any future requirements work with BDA on any future requirements

Other Other

Discussion

Discussion

Questions

Questions

And, Thank You

Contact at admin@aacsla.com Or Don at leakede@us.ibm.com