Yes it's going to be 'interesting' ...

... in the Chinese curse sense.

As Giles Jones asks, it will be interesting to see if any of the studios dare to revoke the keys for a 'high profile' name. Whilst I'm not in the market now, and won't be for some time, when I do eventually get around to loooking at HD stuff I intend asking the retailer for one simple piece of paper and waiting to see how long the manager takes to be summoned !

I'll simply ask for a written contract from the manufacturer and retailer (accepting joint and several liability) accepting that they will repair any problem caused by key revocation without charge to me and without any time limit ! Without that then I don't think it's safe to buy any expensive HD kit that could stop working at any time (at least for new titles) because someone, somewhere else in the world, has cracked it's key.

Failing that I forsee some 'interesting' class action suits against manufacturers and retailers that haven't included the 'feature' in their sales spiel - "Feature, may stop working at any time due to key revocation at the whim of the movie studios", that'll look good on the brochure !