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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[king-manic]

This is my 128-bit key.
There are many like it, but this one is MINE.
My 128-bit key is my best friend. It is my life.
I must master it as I must master my life.
My 128-bit key without me is useless. Without my 128-bit key, I am useless.
I must use my 128-bit key true.
I must encrypt better than my enemy who is trying to pwn my network.
I must root him before he roots me. I will...
My 128-bit key and myself know that what counts in war is not the physical layer,
the data link layer, nor the network layer.
We know it is the crypt that count. We will crypt...
My 128-bit key is human, even as I, because it is my life.
Thus, I will learn it as a brother.
I will learn its weaknesses, its strengths, its parts, its accessories,
its source code, and its algorithm.
I will ever guard it against the ravages of noobs and crackers.
I will keep my 128-bit key clean and ready, even as I am clean and ready.
We will become part of each other. We will...
Before God I swear this creed.
My 128-bit key and myself are the defenders of my network.
We are the masters of our enemy.
We are the saviors of my life.
So be it, until there is no enemy, but PEACE.