But this security chain has a giant hole. Computer magazine c't has discovered that the first software players running on Windows XP allow screenshots of the movies to be created in full resolution. To do so, you only need to press the Print key on your keyboard while the movie is running. Such a screenshot function could then be automated to produce copies of HD movies both from Blu-ray Discs and from HD DVDs picture by picture. As c't calculated, the performance of current PC systems is sufficient for a clean recording using this procedure. Once a pirate has all of the individual pictures, they can be put together to create a complete movie and mixed with the audio track that is grabbed separately.

I think it's ultimately pointless for Toshiba to even bother to plug this particular hole. I mean, from a legal standpoint they're clearly obligated to address the matter, because if a rightsholder lets stuff like this slide it will come back to bite them in court. But from the perspective of combatting so-called "piracy," Joe User is not going to rip a DVD this way, because even if the process is automated it's still going to be labor- and time-intensive to get a full movie using this method.