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VideoLAN Announces libaacs

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-hear-what-you're-doing-there dept.

supersloshy writes "VideoLAN, makers of the well-known media player VLC, have just announced a new project called libaacs. The libaacs library's intention is to provide a free software library to implement the AACS specification, the copy-protection found on things such as Blu-ray discs. Note that this isn't meant to actually be a decoding library. It includes no AACS keys and is solely developed for research purposes."

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  1. Cease and Desist in by Shikaku · · Score: 2, Funny

    3... 2... 1...

  2. Awesome by cosm · · Score: 3, Funny

    It includes no AACS keys and is solely developed for research purposes.

    So was lysergic acid diethylamide. Looks like a win for us if things go according to history!

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  3. Re:Without the keys, it's 1201(g) by CarpetShark · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'd like to see how such a cease-and-desist notice might be worded.

    Fuck you, pipsqueak? ;)

  4. Nice Name by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Wanted to be first in alphabetical listings, eh?

    1. Re:Nice Name by jdunn14 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Sadly they'd still be beaten by my local ambulance chaser who is in the phonebook as "A Accident Attorney"....

  5. Re:Which "intellectual property"? by The+Wild+Norseman · · Score: 2, Funny

    One does not violate "intellectual property" [gnu.org]. One infringes a copyright, infringes a patent, or infringes a trademark. Which of the three would apply?

    One migt think that pleasuring oneself to computer porn was a violation of intellectual property.

    One does not pleasure oneself to "computer porn". One pleasures oneself to hot teens, sexy MILF's, or the serious freaky-deaky. Which of the three would apply?

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