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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 Michael Ayers, chairperson of AACS, noted that the cracked key has now been revoked, and went on to say, 'Some people clearly think it's a First Amendment issue.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.'"
It will also be because people don't mind stealing* so long as they think whoever they are stealing from is wealthy and annoying enough.
* stealing in the extended sense of the word. Copying someone's drawing e.g. isn't stealing in the conventional sense because you are not depriving the original drawer of his or her property, but is in the extended.
The real target of this action is likely a different audience, namely Hollywood
+5 Insightful (sorry, I don't have real mod points.)
One man's -1 Flamebait is another man's +5 Funny.
Yea, buts its not stored content, its simply regurgitating what you just typed. If for some reason other users could view your searches, then it would be comparable.