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AACS Vows to Fight Bloggers
Jonas Wisser writes "The BBC is carrying the story that AACS has promised to take action against those who have posted the AACS crack online. Michael Ayers, chairperson of AACS, noted that the cracked key has now been revoked, and went on to say, 'Some people clearly think it's a First Amendment issue. There is no intent from us to interfere with people's right to discuss copy protection. We respect free speech.' The AACS website tells consumers how they can 'continue to enjoy content protected by AACS' by 'refreshing the encryption keys associated with their HD DVD and Blu-ray software players.'"
"Read about the trusted industry names behind AACS. "
emphasis mine...
yes, intel, microsoft and sony are three of the eight on the list...
every day http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
#include <stdio.h>
int
main (int argc, char **argv)
{
char *blah = "\x09\xf9\x11\x02"
"\x9d\x74\xe3\x5b"
"\xd8\x41\x56\xc5"
"\x63\x56\x88\xc0";
printf("Hello AACS world! Here's a bunch of completely random non-ASCII characters: %s\n", blah);
return 0;
}
Who would want to put 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0 into their hardware or software? :)
Well, here's a screencap of HD-DVD.org showing the key on their own web site!
I guess they're going to have to go after themselves, now. Ve haff the evidence!
I know, they should copyright the encryption key so nobody else can post it. Or maybe they could patent the process of posting encryption keys on the internet. I'm sure the USPTO would grant that one.
The bag, upon further inspection, seems to be devoid of any felines! It would appear they have recently vacated said container!
I'm a fiscal conservative, it's a pity we don't have a political party anymore
Someone send this man a t-shirt with the key on the front and "It's not over yet!" on the back.
I wonder if he actually believes that people "enjoy" content protection. How could you even say that with a straight face? It would be like a prison warden, after a jail break, saying, "soon the escapees will enjoy protection from the free world once again."
"THERE IS NO JUSTICE, THERE IS ONLY ME." -Death
"There are three things you can do:
1. Kill yourself.
2. Kill your manservant.
3. Kill everybody in the whole world."
Now 2 is fine, 1 is reccomended, but 3?
Patriotism is a virtue of the vicious
You just got a bad transmission. I believe the full quote was
"There is no intent from us to interfere with people's right to discuss how much they love copy protection, and how good we are at building it. We respect free speech."
Surely that's what he meant to say. Otherwise he'd be some kind of idiot.
My turnips listen for the soft cry of your love
>
> Yes. Just before the Death Star blew her home world to smithereens.
"I feel something hilarious has happened. As if 13,256,278,887,989,457,651,018,865,901,401,704,640 geeks cried out in laughter, and were never silenced."
> But let's hope that's not the case here, eh?
Not very long ago, on a website only a few dozen hops away, a great adventure took place.
(cue scrolling text)
Code Wars IV: A New Hope
"It is a period of civil war. Rebel bloggers, striking from all your base, have won their first victory against the evil MAFIAA Empire.
"During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret keys to the MAFIAA's ultimate weapon, the AACS, an armored DRM system with enough power to annoy an entire planet.
"Pursued by the AACSLA's sinister agents, Princess Leia races home aboard her starship, custodian of the leaked key that can save her people and restore fair use to the digital media..."
Dear helpdesk,
I am trying to ping my server at
09F9:1102:9D74:E35B:D841:56C5:6356:88C0. However,
it seems like the address is in the unallocated space.
Perhaps there's a typo somewhere?
AACS LA:
That's the Processing key. You are not allowed to publish it.
Hacker:
No sir. That's a IPv6 address. Surely you won't deny me to have links on my website? =)
Have you checked Google recently?
Results 1 - 10 of about 746,000 for "09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0". (0.11 seconds)
The cat isn't just out of the bag, it's having kittens...
Tedious Bloggy Stuff - hooray?
continue to enjoy content protected by AACS
reads like
"continue to enjoy having a sword through your lung"
how long until
You are now my hero.
In DRM, B and C are the same person.
Now what's that supposed to mean? Did Bob give up on Alice to run off with Charlie, or did she dump them?
Can't they just stop this childish messages thing and watch a movie together or something?
> I don't care how hard you fight the damn cat, it's out of the bag, and it's not getting back in. This is easy. Turn the bag inside-out. Put your hand in the bag, and use that hand to grab the cat. Then, flip the bag right-side-out. Problem solved. :-)
Truth, Justice. Or the American Way.
I hope they publish the new keys. I don't want to post some random number and find myself in court because of it.
You know, before you looked inside the cat was both in and out of the bag.
I would never say what the AACS key is... I just say what it is NOT (see sig).
The AACS key is NOT 0xF606EEFD628B1CA427BEA93A9CA9773F
Let's not forget since this is an HDDVD related discussion, the scene after this one in the new HDDVD special edition, in which Han shoots ET with a walkie talkie.
C-3PO: I would much rather have gone with Master Luke than stay here with you. I don't know what all this trouble is about, but I'm sure it must be your fault.
R2-D2: 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0
C-3PO: You watch your language!
How about while we wait for them to get back to me on that we start a little political activism to start bringing consumer rights back to consumers in our various countries? Writing your representative is OK but if you really want to get their attention you need to be wielding a block of about 200,000 voters. Hop to it!
I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?