Comments on: Nikon's photo encryption reported broken

Proprietary encryption format used in some high-end cameras appears to be toast, clearing the way for third-party image software.

Another Example of Corporate Greed

So we have an open standard called RAW, and Nikon decides to make a proprietary version and force customers to buy their software? More corporate greed.

Yesterday I read about how Motorola is readying the iTunes phone, and Apple wants customers to be able to freely move their music to and from the phones. HOWEVER, Verizon wants customers to only buy music only from Verizon at $3.00 per song!

The RIAA meanwhile, or at least the British version, is busy suing parents of kids who downloaded music through P2P networks, and the RIAA is stating that file-sharing is illegal (not copyright violation mind you, actual sharing of ANY file no matter the format).

So corporate greed continues its march. Motorola and Apple might not be saints, but compared to some of the pickpockets like Verizon and Nikon, they look like good kids.

get your facts straight!!

RAW is a camera-specific format. Canon has their own, so does Nikon, so do other countless camera makers. It is not, nor has ever been an open format, so Nikon is not making anything proprietary.

There is no open standard and this is just a political ploy by Adobe to push their DNG format (so they have to write less converters).

[jgemberton]

Photo Encryption

Encrypt my photos and charge me to decrypt them? What kind of garbage is that. This shouldn't fall under the DMCA. If the photos belong to you then you should be able to do whatever you want with them. It's not like they are copyrighted photos belonging to someone else. I think that's kind of monopolistic on Nikon's part. It would be one thing (not entirely acceptable) if their photo software could come anywhere close to that of Adobe's or anyone elses for that matter but it doesn't, so now you're stuck paying 100 dollars for sub-par software, bah. Buy a Canon. Nikon shooting themselves in the foot if they keep this up.

[markdoiron]

It's About Who Owns the Image!

as one other poster alluded, it's not at all about the software. it's about who owns the encrypted image. and there should be no way that any corporation can take my creative work and encrypt it and then charge me additional money to access it or restrict my ability to access it in any way. it's MY creative work!

mark d.
http://members.cox.net/mddoiron

Bibble Pro already supports D2H/D2X

It's worth noting that the white balance encryption had already been cracked. D2X/D2H support is available in Bibble Pro 4.2.2 (www.bibblelabs.com), which was released almost a month ago. I don't work for them, I'm just a happy Bibble user.