Posted on 05/01/2007 8:58:23 PM PDT by HAL9000
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The folks at Digg.com have let the social news genie out of the bottle, and now they can't control it. Since the HD-DVD encryption code was discovered and published, readers at Digg have been repeatedly submitting stories with the 16 digit hex code in the titles and bodies. Just as quickly as these posts crawl up the Digg charts, admins seem to be deleting them.Just search Google for 09 F9 and you'll find the key. Will AACS send a Cease and Desist to InfoWorld because I posted the text "09 F9"? If so, we might as well give up on this whole Internet thing right here and now.
Can a simple, short string of numbers and letters (the full key) really be copyrighted? And is Digg.com receiving a proper takedown notice for each case, or are they taking things into their own hands and deleting posts willy-nilly?
The same sort of thing happened when the DeCSS code came out - I even have a t-shirt with the code printed on it. This just goes to show how useless the DMCA is, and how information cannot be controlled, and that DRM will never truly work.
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NickatNite2003 said — “Too bad it wasn’t Blue-Ray”
And Dr.Zoidberg answered — “Give it time.”
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The following article says that both were cracked...
http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/13/hackers-discover-hd-dvd-and-blu-ray-processing-key-all-hd-t/
ROFL!
Don’t hate. Appreciate.
Soon.....
What’s Happening with HD-DVD Stories?
by Jay Adelson at 1pm, May 1st, 2007 in Digg Website
Hey all,
I just wanted to explain what some of you have been noticing around some stories that have been submitted to Digg on the HD DVD encryption key being cracked.
This has all come up in the past 24 hours, mostly connected to the HD-DVD hack that has been circulating online, having been posted to Digg as well as numerous other popular news and information websites. We’ve been notified by the owners of this intellectual property that they believe the posting of the encryption key infringes their intellectual property rights. In order to respect these rights and to comply with the law, we have removed postings of the key that have been brought to our attention.
Whether you agree or disagree with the policies of the intellectual property holders and consortiums, in order for Digg to survive, it must abide by the law. Digg’s Terms of Use, and the terms of use of most popular sites, are required by law to include policies against the infringement of intellectual property. This helps protect Digg from claims of infringement and being shut down due to the posting of infringing material by others.
Our goal is always to maintain a purely democratic system for the submission and sharing of information - and we want Digg to continue to be a great resource for finding the best content. However, in order for that to happen, we all need to work together to protect Digg from exposure to lawsuits that could very quickly shut us down.
Thanks for your understanding,
Jay
Up three slots there Jeff.
It’s done done.
"Oh Nine, eff Nine".
It's a guy singing the key. He wrote his own music.
That's the Diggers rebelling against account cancellations brought on by people posting the HD-DVD decryption key (09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0) that lets you play most such movies in Linux.
It seems Digg folded under studio pressure and not only deleted the stories posted, but also cancelled people's accounts.
Needless to say, the Diggers didn't take kindly to such a thing. Guess that crowd thing cuts both ways huh?
Does this mean that Blu-Ray will win the format war? What will happen to HD-DVD?
Dang kid!
You put that processing key back and get off that computer and go to bed.
You’re grounded until you’re 13!
Seems like it shouldn’t be too hard for them to write a script replacing that sequence (or pieces of it) with asterisks.
>I always wanted one of those DeCSS shirts.
Just like the t-shirts with a one line perl script used to generate encrypted messages.
The caption after the code was “don’t export this t-shirt” since it was stronger encrytion than US law allowed.
Digg is toast.
I don’t know why the MPAA tries this DRM crap. All they are doing is breeding generation after generation of super-hackers. No matter what kind of encryption code they implement, the media has to be decoded to be played... and if it can be decoded, it can be cracked.
LOL
Well, Wikipedia locked out the infamous numbers, but they missed a spot...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_Picture_Association_of_America#Controversies
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“Some of the MPAA’s actions have been controversial. One example is the film rating system. Many believe that the intent of the various ratings has been subverted. For example, there is widespread access to R-rated movies even for those under 17, while the NC-17 rating spells commercial death for a film, undermining its purpose. Film critic Roger Ebert has called for an entirely new system of ratings designed to address these issues. Some people criticize film-makers for editing their works to conform to the various ratings. For example, they might excise some extreme violence or sex to avoid an NC-17, or even “spice up” a children’s movie so as to move from G to PG and appeal to older children. The ratings system itself is attacked as de facto censorship by free-speech activists, and conversely as too lenient in its content standards by some conservative critics, priest, lawyers, and parental review sites. A criticism that has come from both sides is that the MPAA tends to be considered more complacent with violent content than sexual one. Other criticisms have included that there is more bias against homosexual sexual content than heterosexual. Also, movies with male genitalia tend to get a “harsher” rating than those with female genitalia. 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C1”
LOL....
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