Own Your Own 128-Bit Integer

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!"

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Re:Typical of liberals...

[shystershep]

You mean you weren't alive in the 1780s to help draft the Constitution? Silly me.

If you care to make a point based on something other than semantics (especially when you pull definitions out of your ass) I'd be happy to debate my post. In the meantime, maybe take a high school civics class (if they still have those) to learn what laws are and how it is that you have any 'rights.' If you're up to it, you might read some of John Locke's Second Treatise on Government for some background on 'society' and property rights. Some of his ideas are dated, of course, but if you can get through it you will probably be able to contribute something more intelligible than "Zomg!!111! Copyright is t3h SuXX0rs!!!11 I should be able to copy whatever I want because it's easy!!"