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."

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

[spun]

Learn some history. During the economic boom times of the fifties, the highest tax rate was 90% and that didn't seem to slow down the growth. Boo fucking hoo, 37%? My god, what a big whiner.

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

[Maltheus]

We redistribute the wealth all the time, from rich states to poor states, but from poor people to rich people.

Really? It seems to me that it's NY and California (rich states) that always demand the largest share of the pie. These states are also home to liberals who'd like to tax me even more and restrict my freedom. They think everyone should pay to subsidize their social problems.

I also remember the debate after 9/11. People were arguing who should get the emergency preparedness funds. I recall many interviews with big-shot New Yorkers who claimed they need the biggest share, cause they're the biggest target and that the rest of the country was just being selfish. That argument never made sense to me cause if NY were locked down, the terrorists would just go somewhere else.

Also, NY is like a country that provokes all on it's own. Who's to say that Guliani, kicking Arafat out of that opera (or whatever) didn't in fact inspire the choice of NY as a target (or at least play a part). Why should I have to pay for another state's international grandstanding?

I got nothing against NY (I'm originally from there), I just think the rich cities having been stealing from the provinces since the beginning of time. And it's not right, regardless of whether it goes to the poor or the rich.