HDCP in Linux, what does it mean for us?

[Andy Axnot]

I was thinking about getting a new monitor and started looking around online. Pretty quickly I started noticing the term "HDCP", which I found out stands for "High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection", yet another variety of DRM.

I did some searching to see what the consequences might be for my uses, I only run Linux at home, but wound up being confused. Does anyone understand what this means for those of us who use Linux and might want to view HD video on an HDCP compliant monitor?  What to look for or what to avoid?   

Thanks for any help.

Andy

[menotu]

Don't know whether you came across this on your web trawl Andy

HDCP, HDMI and DisplayPort is "page" 3 of 5 (+ intro and footnotes)

http://www.h-online.com/open/features/HDCP-and-HDMI-747051.html

[Andy Axnot]

menotu, thanks for the link, it was interesting reading.  I do wish the author had been a little clearer about practicalities though.

If I have something in HD and have a Linux player capable of playing it, will an HDCP compliant video card or monitor not display it?  That's what it sounds like to me.  If so, that really fouls my afterburner.   

Andy