what kind of piece of s*** decides to invent a thing like this? same a******* that invent technology for cops to use probably

the images can't be intercepted and siphoned off by copyright pirates - "from download to display".

Thems fighten words!

The best way to get your stuff hacked is it to say it's unhackable...

I'm sure if they really must do it, a device will be placed between the computer and monitor and capture the data that way. Using a cracked monitor to get any encryption key needed.

HDCP is already cracked and any digital rights management for audio or video always has a final weak link: it has to be decoded to be displayed on a screen or played through speakers.

The billions of monitors and TVs people are currently using don't support the newer DRM schemes anyway, so by strictly adopting them they'll make sure that no one buys any content. It's all an utterly pointless exercise. All it takes is one person to create a pirate copy of a video or audio file for that to spread across the entire internet. There is simply no way to prevent that happening and it's ridiculous that companies want people to buy content that is less functional than the pirated equivalent. Just offer up official MKV files already.

The analog loop is their problem

If your eyes can see it a camera can record it. anti piracy measure circumvented.

so how does this stop a pirate from ripping it straight off a DVD / blu-ray?

So.. considering that practically all movies are either cam'd / TS'd from the cinema or ripped from a disc, and virtually all tv shows are recorded with capture cards/dvrs. What piracy are these chips meant to be stopping ?