One upon a time in a galaxy far, far away, most consumer products were expected to work "off the shelf" and didn't require frequent "firmware updates" to do so.

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The ongoing war between content producers and hackers over the AACS copy protection used in HD DVD and Blu-ray discs produced yet another skirmish last week, and as has been the case as of late, the hackers came out on top.

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I guess its official now. The new Processing Key was posted by BtCB on freedom to tinker about a week ago (release day +1). Code: 45 5F E1 04 22 CA 29 C4 93 3F 95 05 2B 79 2A B2

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Under a licensing agreement in its final stages, consumers may get the right to make several legal copies of HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc movies they ve purchased, a concession by the movie industry that may quell criticism that DRM digital rights management technologies are too res …

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AACS encryption that is supposed to protect Blu-Ray and HD-DVD's from being copied is being bypassed, leading to doubts that a secure form of protection is possible. There was even controversy as the codes to bypass were openly posted on Digg.com.

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Despite the best efforts of the Advanced Access Content System (AACS) Licensing Administration (AACS LA), content pirates remain one step ahead. A new volume key used by high-def films scheduled for release next week has already been cracked.

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Just in case you didn't already piece it together, many (if not all) of the new HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc titles set for release on May 22nd will feature the latest revisions to AACS. Right, the update hinted at by those forced user updates to the WinDVD and PowerDVD software.

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f you were reading technology blogs yesterday, you probably encountered a string of hexidecimal numbers - 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3… - at least once.

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Reading the Supreme Court's decision in Microsoft v. AT&T, I wonder whether that case can be read as an argument against liability for those who posted the infamous key number to Digg and elsewhere.

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"A bit of an update on the recent Digg revolt over AACS. The NYTimes has taken notice and written quite a decent article that actually acknowledges that the take-down notices amount to censorship and documents instances of the infamous key appearing in purely expressive form.

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09 F9 11 02 9D--

Oh no! THE NUMBER! *Whew* Glad I forcibly interrupted myself there before I scribbled out all of the offending hex digits! If I hadn't...well, I could be facing a DMCA takedown notice courtesy of the code's "authors", the defrocked and now defamed AACS, or perhaps the very end of …

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Bloggers "crossed the line" when they posted a software key that could break the encryption on some HD-DVDs, the AACS copy protection body has said.

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Digg.com co-founder, Keving Rose responds to a recent user "revolt" on Digg over the removal of several postings that referenced a recently disclosed AACS encryption key, a move that garnered Digg a DMCA takedown notice from AACSLA, the body in charge of developing and regulating …

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As was reported back in February, an enterprising hacker unearthed and posted one of the decryption keys used by AACS to decode HD-DVD movies (other keys and exploits have been made available in the weeks since).

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5 Ways to promote the most controversial sequence on the Internet

1. Print it on a tshirt, on a mousepad, on a mug. Any photo printing website will do this for you. Links at the end of the column 2. Put it in your MSN / Yahoo /Google nick . Show it to your friends, your enemies, even your uncles and aunts.

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PH-DVD – the third way?

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SlySoft Releases AnyDVD HD, Cracks HD DVD AACS Protection

SlySoft, a software company based in Antigua, announced the first official release of AnyDVD HD which "supports HD DVD and AACS". It makes it possible to get around the previously uncrackable AACS copy protection of the new HD-DVD generation with a few simple clicks of the mouse.

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09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0 That's the so-called "Processing Key" that unlocks the heart of every HD-DVD disk to date. Happy Valentine's day, AACS.

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Those cooky kids over at the Doom9 forums hate themselves some DRM.

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The companies behind an encryption system for high-definition DVDs are looking into a hacker's claim that he has cracked the code protecting the new discs from piracy, a spokesman for one of the companies said on Thursday.

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A hacker on the forum Doom9 has claimed that he has broken HD-DVD's DRM system (AACS) and has successfully copied a movie to his hard drive. In even better news, the hacker plans to release the code he used into the public domain as free and open source.

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The Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD are new data carriers for high-resolution motion pictures. For fear of piracy, Hollywood had the developers install a cornucopia of copy prevention mechanisms on them.

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DRM is the reason why the next generation DVD formats are a bad idea. Until they get rid of the DRM I don't recommend upgrading your DVD players for either your computer or your TV.

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Boycott over the new Blu-ray and HD-DVD standards soon to be released. Apparently the DRM technologies on these new discs deliver full control of when, where and how consumers can enjoy content they have purchased.

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