HD-DVD key

[Dave]

What is and what does this key pertain too that has been discussed in recent posts?

[Scott Lurndal]

When DVD Jon published an exploit for the DVD Content Scrambling System (CSS), the media companies designed an advanced mechanism for the next generation of high-definition DVDS (HD-DVD and BlueRay).

The new mechanism has also been exploited. The 'key' blasted across Usenet was in response to the MPAA pulling posts on a blog listing the group of hexidecimal digits that is the 'key' to the exploit. As a result of the MPAA actions, various individuals have been spreading the key far and wide on Usenet and the internet, even including it as metadata in various places.

A lot harder to serve a takedown notice on usenet.

scott

[mjmwallace]

Dave:

There is a certain integer that will allow you to UNLOCK the HD DVD protection scheme. You use the integer ("the key") in a program to unlock the DVD.

DIGG.com was asked by a copyright holder to remove the integer from a post. No sooner did they do that, then another one was posted. They fought this for several hours (according to them) and decided to "throw in the towel". They say that if the copyright holder comes after them for allowing the key to be posted and it brings down DIGG.com, so be it.

For me, I do believe that unfettered copies of copyright material is great for the single individual who actually OWNS that material and very bad in the hands of those who want to exploit it for a profit. I tend to think of it in this way - if you download a song from a free website that was posted illegally, how is that different than if you went into the local music store and stole a CD? Does one song make it a "less" crime then stealing 12 songs?

Same for movies. I want the ability to do make copies of movies that I own, but I certainly don't expect that to apply that reasoning to making copies of movies that I either sell or pass along to

10 or 20 "friends".

My 2 cents.

MJ Wallace

[Puckdropper]

" [e-mail]" wrote in news: [e-mail]:

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Here's mine: This thread should have been marked [OT] or not posted to the wRECk. I'm not correcting the subject because I don't want a seperate thread in most newsreaders.

Puckdropper

[Brian Henderson]

Maybe someday the MPAA will get a collective clue and realize that every time they try strongarm tactics, it backfires on them. The fastest way to guarantee that the HD-DVD key will be distributed so far and wide that nobody can ever control it again is to tell people they can't do it.