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mrs_sweetpeach ([personal profile] mrs_sweetpeach) wrote2007-05-03 08:14 am
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Make that 368,001

According to BoingBoing, there are now 368,000 web pages containing the number the AACS Licensing Authority wants to keep secret. To quote Cory Doctorow, "Good luck getting the food coloring out of the swimming pool!"
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[identity profile] maddiec24.livejournal.com 2007-05-03 04:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Um... huh?
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[identity profile] mrs-sweetpeach.livejournal.com 2007-05-03 07:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Basically, the recording industry is using a 16-digit hexadecimal number as their encryption key to prevent authorized duplication and/or viewing of HD-DVD movies. If you know the number and know what to do with it, you can can get around the encryption. Therefore, the AACS has taken to threatening legal action against anyone who publishes the key. When sites such as Digg began removing many posts -- and terminating the accounts of some of its users for posting the key, users rebelled.
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