Comments on: The AACS key protests go beyond copyright http://www.techsploitation.com/2007/05/24/the-aacs-key-protests-go-beyond-copyright/ Technology - Science - Pop Culture - Sex Thu, 05 Jan 2012 02:02:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: SFG http://www.techsploitation.com/2007/05/24/the-aacs-key-protests-go-beyond-copyright/comment-page-1/#comment-31274 SFG Wed, 06 Jun 2007 13:19:53 +0000 http://www.techsploitation.com/2007/05/24/the-aacs-key-protests-go-beyond-copyright/#comment-31274 Of course people want to copy their HD-DVDs. The reason this is all over the place is that the illegal information is so small (a string of numbers, or one large number if you want to be precise) you can put it in a single line of text. So trying to shut the thing down on a distributed medium like the Internet is impossible, especially if you can get the copyright-haters riled up. Remember DeCSS? (Of course you do.) Personally, I don't care if the record companies go out of business. But I'm happy a system the Pentagon designed to prevent the obliteration of the US's computer systems during a nuclear attack is making it harder and harder to hide information from the people. Of course people want to copy their HD-DVDs. The reason this is all over the place is that the illegal information is so small (a string of numbers, or one large number if you want to be precise) you can put it in a single line of text. So trying to shut the thing down on a distributed medium like the Internet is impossible, especially if you can get the copyright-haters riled up. Remember DeCSS? (Of course you do.)

Personally, I don’t care if the record companies go out of business. But I’m happy a system the Pentagon designed to prevent the obliteration of the US’s computer systems during a nuclear attack is making it harder and harder to hide information from the people.

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