AACS Vows to Fight Bloggers 601
Jonas Wisser writes "The BBC is carrying the story that AACS has promised to take action against those who have posted the AACS crack online. Michael Ayers, chairperson of AACS, noted that the cracked key has now been revoked, and went on to say, 'Some people clearly think it's a First Amendment issue. There is no intent from us to interfere with people's right to discuss copy protection. We respect free speech.' The AACS website tells consumers how they can 'continue to enjoy content protected by AACS' by 'refreshing the encryption keys associated with their HD DVD and Blu-ray software players.'"
funniest bit I see on that AACS page (Score:5, Funny)
emphasis mine...
yes, intel, microsoft and sony are three of the eight on the list...
Jenny Jenny, (Score:1, Funny)
I need to make your HD-DVDs mine
MPAA don't change your number
86:75:30:09
Um, too late? (Score:3, Funny)
(Wait, that's not right. What's the real metaphor?)
Hello World! (Score:4, Funny)
int
main (int argc, char **argv)
{
char *blah = "\x09\xf9\x11\x02"
"\x9d\x74\xe3\x5b"
"\xd8\x41\x56\xc5"
"\x63\x56\x88\xc0";
printf("Hello AACS world! Here's a bunch of completely random non-ASCII characters: %s\n", blah);
return 0;
}
Re:Cue oft-used Leia quote... (Score:5, Funny)
Well, here's a screencap of HD-DVD.org showing the key [mac.com] on their own web site!
I guess they're going to have to go after themselves, now. Ve haff the evidence!
Get a copyright (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Um, too late? (Score:5, Funny)
T-shirt (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Cue oft-used Leia quote... (Score:2, Funny)
Almost Surreal.... (Score:5, Funny)
the AACS plan (Score:5, Funny)
"There are three things you can do:
1. Kill yourself.
2. Kill your manservant.
3. Kill everybody in the whole world."
Now 2 is fine, 1 is reccomended, but 3?
Re:Oh, is that so? (Score:5, Funny)
"There is no intent from us to interfere with people's right to discuss how much they love copy protection, and how good we are at building it. We respect free speech."
Surely that's what he meant to say. Otherwise he'd be some kind of idiot.
Re:Cue oft-used Leia quote... (Score:5, Funny)
>
> Yes. Just before the Death Star blew her home world to smithereens.
"I feel something hilarious has happened. As if 13,256,278,887,989,457,651,018,865,901,401,704,640 geeks cried out in laughter, and were never silenced."
> But let's hope that's not the case here, eh?
Not very long ago, on a website only a few dozen hops away, a great adventure took place.
(cue scrolling text)
Code Wars IV: A New Hope
"It is a period of civil war. Rebel bloggers, striking from all your base, have won their first victory against the evil MAFIAA Empire.
"During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret keys to the MAFIAA's ultimate weapon, the AACS, an armored DRM system with enough power to annoy an entire planet.
"Pursued by the AACSLA's sinister agents, Princess Leia races home aboard her starship, custodian of the leaked key that can save her people and restore fair use to the digital media..."
09F9:1102:9D74:E35B:D841:56C5:6356:88C0 is an IPv6 (Score:5, Funny)
I am trying to ping my server at
09F9:1102:9D74:E35B:D841:56C5:6356:88C0. However,
it seems like the address is in the unallocated space.
Perhaps there's a typo somewhere?
AACS LA:
That's the Processing key. You are not allowed to publish it.
Hacker:
No sir. That's a IPv6 address. Surely you won't deny me to have links on my website? =)
Re:Kind of reminds me of the a Movie. (Score:2, Funny)
Is that available on HD-DVD?
Re:To the AACS: Get real. (Score:5, Funny)
Have you checked Google recently?
Results 1 - 10 of about 746,000 for "09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0". (0.11 seconds)
The cat isn't just out of the bag, it's having kittens...
Is it just me or (Score:3, Funny)
reads like
"continue to enjoy having a sword through your lung"
Re:09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0 (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I wonder (Score:5, Funny)
Now what's that supposed to mean? Did Bob give up on Alice to run off with Charlie, or did she dump them?
Can't they just stop this childish messages thing and watch a movie together or something?
Re:09 S9 11 02 9Q 74 R3 5O Q8 41 56 P5 63 56 88 P0 (Score:1, Funny)
09 S9 11 02 9Q 74 R3 5O Q8 41 56 P5 63 56 88 P0
Extended Metaphor Meme (Score:3, Funny)
DG
Re:To the AACS: Get real. (Score:5, Funny)
I hope they tell us the new keys (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Um, too late? (Score:4, Funny)
You know, before you looked inside the cat was both in and out of the bag.
Re:Cue oft-used Leia quote... (Score:3, Funny)
Honestly, I think you should at least stop for a moment and consider who's likely to be responsible here. The image was served from homepage.mac.com, which is rather unlikely to be a server the poster has rights to administer. So, at least one of two things has occurred:
1. The server has been set up badly, and it's Apple's fault, not the poster's, or
2. The system running on the server relies on metadata uploaded with the file (e.g. the Content-type: header in HTTP file uploads) which the poster hasn't supplied (e.g. because he uses Internet Explorer which AFAIK doesn't supply that header).
So it's Apple and Microsoft that are holding the web back.
I am against posting this number! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0 (Score:2, Funny)
I would never say what the AACS key is... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Cue oft-used Leia quote... (Score:5, Funny)
C-3PO: I would much rather have gone with Master Luke than stay here with you. I don't know what all this trouble is about, but I'm sure it must be your fault.
R2-D2: 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0
C-3PO: You watch your language!
Hey *AA! (Score:5, Funny)
How about while we wait for them to get back to me on that we start a little political activism to start bringing consumer rights back to consumers in our various countries? Writing your representative is OK but if you really want to get their attention you need to be wielding a block of about 200,000 voters. Hop to it!
Other representations (Score:3, Funny)
2^6 x 5 x 19 x 12,043 x 216,493 x 836,256,503,069,278,983,442,067
I heard a great joke... (Score:2, Funny)
I wouldn't say anything about it either, but I did hear this great joke the other day...
A man walks into a talent agent's office, and says, "We're a family act, and we'd like you to represent us."
The agent says, "Sorry, I don't represent family acts. They're a little too old-fashioned."
The man says, "But this is really special."
The agent says, "Okay, well what's the act?"
He replies, "Well, my wife and I come out on stage and she begins to sing the "Star Spangled Banner" while I take her roughly from behind. After a minute of this, my kids come out and begin to do the same, but my daughter's singing the original "To Anacreon in Heaven" lyrics while my son performs anal sex on her."
The agent looks uncomfortable, but the man continues, "Just when my daughter hits the highest note in the song, my son and I switch partners. He turns my wife around and gives her a dirty Sanchez before having her perform oral sex on him. When the song's over and we're both getting close, we all stop and lie down on the stage."
The man smiles fondly as he recalls, "This is the best part: our dog then comes out on the stage, and he's trained to lick each one of us to orgasm in turn. He just goes right down the line, looking as happy as can be! We all get up and take a bow."
He looks at the agent and says, "Well, that's the act. What do you think?"
The agent just sits in silence for a long time. Finally, he manages, "That's a hell of an act. What do you call yourselves?"
"09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0!"
Re:Cue oft-used Leia quote... (Score:3, Funny)