Digg vs. HD-DVD DRM

[Darren Dirt]

A Web page that contained a key to remove the digital-rights-management used in HD DVD (Blu-Ray?) has started to circulate widely on the Internet -- and, at Digg.com, caused an open revolt after moderators initially removed postings containing the code. Why the riot?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhxMneHQZx0

^ above is John Dvorak (!) sounding off -- but he is having a bit of a "debate" in a way with a few semi-knowledgeable young folks, so it's not as painful as Dvorak usually is...


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PS: "09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E4* 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0" is actually the root password for the REAL "Matrix"...

[Mr. Analog]

ARRGH! I don't want to hear any more about this! But now that I've said that...

Let me bring you up to speed on some of the other ha-ha's of late:

Me First!
http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=1155

Somebody even registered it as a frickin' domain name, way back on April 29th...

[Darren Dirt]

*btw, is it E3 or E4?

me = confused.


compare the hits:

E3

vs.

"Well, it's one louder, isn't it..."



^ try the above with "quotes around the sequence" as well. simple conclusion methinks.
Results 1 - 10 of about 1,650,000 for "09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0".

vs.

Your search - "09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E4 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0" - did not match any documents. 


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nice quote: "welcome to the wide wonderful world of the DMCA. it's illegal to hand someone the key, tell them where the door is, or even mention that the door exists. happy birthday!"

[Mr. Analog]

I really don't think anybody cares anymore this is *so* two weeks ago

Seriously though, it's 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0

And it's been posted EVERYWHERE in the geek world.

[Mr. Analog]

Sorry, I'm being a dick, but seriously; I've heard so much about this topic already it's actually making the top of my head hot...that or the sunburn...

[Darren Dirt]

Sorry, I'm being a dick, but seriously; I've heard so much about this topic already it's actually making the top of my head hot...that or the sunburn...

http://www.analogdickery.com/

[Cova]

I really found this post on slashdot quite funny in regards to all this stuff.

Byte Swapper writes "After all the fuss over the AACS trying to censor a certain 128-bit number that now has something over two million hits on Google, the folks at Freedom to Tinker would like to point out that you too can own your own integer. They've set up a script that will generate a random number, encrypt a copyrighted haiku with it, and then deed the number back to you. You won't get a copyright on the number or the haiku, but your number has become an illegal circumvention device under the DMCA, such that anyone subject to US law caught distributing it can be punished under the DMCA's anti-trafficking section, for which the DMCA's Safe Harbor provisions do not apply. So F9090211749D5BE341D8C5565663C088 is truly mine now, and you can pry it out of my cold, dead fingers!"

Also, back in the real world its important to remember that that key was actually discovered MANY months ago, and has already long been revoked.  There's many other hacks out now to rip the content off HD-DVD disks, some of which will be virtually impossible for the MPAA/AACS to stop.  eg. the guys who've desoldered the firmware chip from a 360 HD-DVD drive and modified the firmware to help them sniffing keys.