Huh? There are already 4K capture devices on the market. They've been around for a while already. I don't see how piracy would be a factor when that would be the most inefficient way to pirate films.

How? All capture cards have HDCP support, meaning you can't run a movie or streamed media through them as it disables the input. Xbox and PlayStation won't even let you play movies or load up a streaming app without first enabling HDCP either.

Yes there are 4k capture cards available already. I was just throwing that out there.

@porkchop

"I don't see how piracy would be a factor when that would be the most inefficient way to pirate films"

...a 4k capture card is actually the most efficient way to pirate streaming 4k media.

@rob-GP

I don't think you understand how a capture card works while recording streamed content because of said hdcp. You will capture the video but have no audio (or it will end up badly out of sync). There are even simpler ways to capture the audio separately then mesh the two together in sync via vegas pro or similar software.