09-F9 news about how to crack the AACS (Advanced Access Content System) encryption used to limit copying of HD-DVD and Blu-ray discs has created a massive controversy on social news sites. Share your opinions about the controversy, and...
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09-F9 news about how to crack the AACS (Advanced Access Content System) encryption used to limit copying of HD-DVD and Blu-ray discs has created a massive controversy on social news sites. Share your opinions about the controversy, and track news about the AACS, encryption codes, and other related topics.
In an interesting article entitled " Digg This?: What Laws Must We Obey? " at "The Faculty Blog" from the University of Chicago, a law professor not intimately involved with the DMCA and Web 2.0 writes: As to law, as Digg 's attorneys undoubtedly told it yesterday, the leading decision addressing the legitimacy of linking to decryption tools is Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Corley , 273 F.3d 429 (2nd Cir. 2001). That case deals with the prior iteration of this situation—the ordinary DVD—and... Read Full Story
This is a great summary of the legal implication of what's been going on around the AACS 09 f9 case: What is the AACS-LA's argument? In its takedown letters , the AACS-LA claims that hosting the key violates the DMCA's ban on trafficking in circumvention devices. The DMCA provides that: No person shall ... offer to the public, provide, or otherwise traffic in any technology, product, service, device, component, or part thereof that that - (A) is primarily designed or produced for the purpose... Read Full Story
Here is what Kevin Rose said about the cease and desist orders cocerning Digg posts with codes to break the AACS encryption. "But now, after seeing hundreds of stories and reading thousands of comments, you’ve made it clear. You’d rather see Digg go down fighting than bow down to a bigger company. We hear you, and effective immediately we won’t delete stories or comments containing the code and will deal with whatever the consequences might be. If we lose, then what the hell, at least we died... Read Full Story
Digg founder Kevin Rose finally conceded and gave users the go-ahead to post the secret enryption key-code that's been causing so many troubles. "You've made it clear," he wrote on a note posted to the site. "You'd rather see Digg go down fighting than bow down to a bigger company." This controversy has raised legal issues concerning free speech and the use of social networks and web2.0 services. What can a user legally post on a blog, bookmarking service, or social network? How are the... Read Full Story
In an attempt to capture some of the current AACS (Advanced Access Content System, copy-restriction technology for new-format DVDs) controversy, here is some background information. The whole controversy started when someone managed to figure out what the 16-digit hexadecimal key is that currently encrypts new-format DVDs. Although knowledge of this rather simple number doesn't in-itself decrypt DVDs (some software is needed too), it's enough that the AACS organization began sending take-down... Read Full Story
this is a story I had no idea was actually going on, but it is interesting (and kinda cool if I may so myself). it seems that a few days ago some articles that detailed computer code capable of breaking HD DVD copyright management appeared on the site.
well, digg.com received an email from the [...] Read Full Story
The chairman of the AACS Licensing Authority is neither intimidated nor impressed by the Internet “revolt” of sorts that took place earlier this week on sites like Digg. via Ars Technica
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Wikizines are interactive magazines that anyone can create or edit - and this one is called "AACS (Advanced Access Content System)". Here you can find fresh voices and respond in real time. Some members write articles about recent news and trends related to the wikizine's topic, others recount relevant personal stories or share their favorite pictures and video clips. Got an interesting idea or story to share with other members of this wikizine? Well, then put on your journalist's cap and add... Read Full Story
Internet users have banded together over the last two days to publish and widely distribute a secret code used by the technology and movie industries to prevent piracy of high-definition movies. The NYTimes has a summary of the story here . Read Full Story
