The Copyrighted Illegal Numbers
Observe the numbers !
09-F9-11-02-9D-74-E3-5B-D8-41-56-C5-63-56-88-C0
For the past 48 hours, the blogosphere was swarmed by posts regarding this hex number which is the key to decrypt protected content of High Definition DVD (HD DVD) media (AACS).
The numbers is being posted all over the internet as part of the ‘Spread this number’ campaign when the general public was angered by the DMCA takedown notice issued by AACS LA on websites that merely publishes “a number”.
It was argued that nobody can’t own a mere ‘number’ - let alone restrict other people from using it solely because it is being use as an encryption key to protect media content.
The “Spread this number” call is a step taken by bloggers around the world to overwhelm AACS LA enforcers in order to force them to find a better way to protect their content beside banning people from using “a number”
By the time of this writing, Google.com search for the numbers returns close to 1 million results - a significant increase from a mere 9,140 results when the key was searched on May 1,2007.
Warning: Spreading the numbers on your website can be considered an offense depending on which country you’re living. Spread it at your own risk :p
Tags: numbers, aacs, hd-dvd, hddvd, the number
