Friday, May 4, 2007
09-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63-56-88-c0
Update 10:20 AM 5/4/07: BBC News has just posted an article on the AACS vowing to wage war on the bloggers the site says they are looking at "legal and technical tools to confront those who have published the key." This is becomming a very interesting storyline I wonder how they are going to stop the 800,000 hits on google? I've seen the number on T-shirts, videos, IM conversations, blog titles, and more
Update 10:07 AM 5/3/07: 683,000 hits on google :)
Update 7:21 PM 5.2.07: Last night when I posted this blog entry I did a search for "the number" and there was a measly 40 hits on google, I did a search this afternoon and was amazed the googlebot had found an additional 60,000 hits, I just did a search now and "the number has found its way onto more than 360,000 pages that Google knows about. I find this very interesting and inspiring. It reminds me of the hacker manifesto. At the end he says "Yes, I am a criminal. My crime is that of curiosity. My crime is that of judging people by what they say and think, not what they look like. My crime is that of outsmarting you, something that you will never forgive me for. I am a hacker, and this is my manifesto. You may stop this individual, but you can't stop us all... after all, we're all alike."
Update:
Ars Technica has this about it.
DVD Jon, the cracker that discovered the encryption keys for DVDs has this to say about cracking HD-DVDs (AACS);
AACS, like CSS, will be a success. Not at preventing piracy. That’s not the primary objective of any DRM system. Anyone who has read the CSS license agreement knows that the primary objective is to control the market for players. Don’t you just love when your DVD player tells you "This operation is prohibited" when you try to skip the intro?"
Original Post:
It's one in the morning, but I need to post something very important. This is the the number that the MPAA is trying to copyright. I'm happy to write more tomorrow but I just wanted to take a stand right now. If you want more information why this is important, check out the following links.
Update 10:07 AM 5/3/07: 683,000 hits on google :)
Update 7:21 PM 5.2.07: Last night when I posted this blog entry I did a search for "the number" and there was a measly 40 hits on google, I did a search this afternoon and was amazed the googlebot had found an additional 60,000 hits, I just did a search now and "the number has found its way onto more than 360,000 pages that Google knows about. I find this very interesting and inspiring. It reminds me of the hacker manifesto. At the end he says "Yes, I am a criminal. My crime is that of curiosity. My crime is that of judging people by what they say and think, not what they look like. My crime is that of outsmarting you, something that you will never forgive me for. I am a hacker, and this is my manifesto. You may stop this individual, but you can't stop us all... after all, we're all alike."
Update:
Ars Technica has this about it.
DVD Jon, the cracker that discovered the encryption keys for DVDs has this to say about cracking HD-DVDs (AACS);
AACS, like CSS, will be a success. Not at preventing piracy. That’s not the primary objective of any DRM system. Anyone who has read the CSS license agreement knows that the primary objective is to control the market for players. Don’t you just love when your DVD player tells you "This operation is prohibited" when you try to skip the intro?"
Original Post:
It's one in the morning, but I need to post something very important. This is the the number that the MPAA is trying to copyright. I'm happy to write more tomorrow but I just wanted to take a stand right now. If you want more information why this is important, check out the following links.
For more information
- http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/07/05/02/0235228.shtml
- http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/07/05/01/1935250.shtml
- http://blog.digg.com/?p=74?
Labels: 09-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63, DMCA, Hackers, MPAA
// posted by Joe Basirico @ 11:16 AM 
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