According to Wired, Apple has confirmed that the movie rentals will not play on fifth generation iPods sold before September, 2007. This has upset a number of users and Apple has not indicated that a firmware update coming. One problem mentioned is the “analog hole” in fifth generation iPods that could enable saving the rental to a DVR or camcorder. If true, the hole would be in the iPod’s hardware and thus not patchable, unless there is off switch.