The perils of not encrypting your ODS content

Maybe they figured that no one would be interested in it once it was not live. Maybe they thought that the file would be too big for anyone to re-distribute. Maybe they just didn't think that anyone would be interested in Phil Collins.



Whatever the reason, it appears that the Genesis live concert that was beamed to cinemas in UK (Vue) and Sweden (Folkets Hus) and Spain and Ireland, was sent over satellite UNENCRYPTED in full 720p 5.1 channel glory. And, yes, someone pulled down the signal to their home for free and recorded it.

Here is the website that describes how it happened (it is in German, so here is a Google translation into English). The technical level of detail is impressive:

Bertragen wurde das Konzert in Kinos in England, Irland, Spanien und Schweden. †Bertragungsdaten: HDTV 720p - 16:9, mpeg2, Dolby Digital 5.1 EX. - Bilder vom Mitschnitt der LiveŸbertragung fŸr die schwedischen Kinos, unverschlŸsselt (!) auf Thor (1¡W 11531V 13333 7/8), gesamt 17,7 GByte, ca. 160 Minuten. Zu Anfang gab es die Einblendung des Genesis-Logos und ein kleines Video mit diversen Covern der Studioalben der Band gefolgt von einigen Backstageaufnahmen.

Even at 17.7Gb I'm sure it is only a matter of time before it appears on P-2-P file sharing sites before too long. High def porn and 'Serenity' already is.