New AACS Fix Hacked in a Day

VincenzoRomano writes "ArsTechnica has just published an update to the neverending story about copy protection used in HD DVD and Blu-ray discs and hacker efforts against it. From the article: 'The ongoing war between content producers and hackers over the AACS copy protection used in HD DVD and Blu-ray discs produced yet another skirmish last week, and as has been the case as of late, the hackers came out on top. The hacker BtCB posted the new decryption key for AACS on the Freedom to Tinker web site, just one day after the AACS Licensing Authority (AACS LA) issued the key.' The article proposes a simple description of the protection schema and a brief look back at how the cracks have slowly chipped away at its effectiveness. It seems it'll be a long way to an effective solution ... if any. One could also argue whether all that money spent by the industry in this race will be worth the results and how long it would take for a return on investment."

Comments

Re:If it's viewable, it's hackable

[Rudd-O]

And that is called Communism. The idea that it is abominable for people to derive income only through capital gains is exactly what Communism is about.

Fortunately, commies didn't succeed. I certainly hope that after 10 years, I can stop working forever and live off my capital gains. If you cannot achieve that yourself then I'm very sorry for you, but I couldn't give a flying fuck.