Internet 1 - AACS LA 0
In a poor attempt to silence the masses (Boing Boing), the users of Digg and the internet fought back. It is pretty crazy. The mob took over; every single story on the front page of Digg, sans one, was about the algorithm for decrypting, copying and ripping HD-DVDs (in case you’ve missed it).
What is most interesting is the lengths gone: mooninite ASCII art with the code implanted; image colour bars (sans C0) made from the key; random posts; torrents; t-shirt; and even a domain of the key was registered (whois: com, net, org, info – and sure more).
I could sit here all day posting links to ever occurrence ever created, but instead I will leave that chore to Google and their permanent archive.
It is also worth noting that the encryption was broken back in February and remained fairly quiet until the AACS LA started sending out cease-and-desist letters (pdf) invoking the Streisand Effect — Oops…
The Streisand Effect, intentional? : Delusioned:
[...] brings us to yesterday’s fiasco. AACS LA has attempted to all references of their decryption code from any and all sites that just [...]
Posted on May 2nd, 2007 at 8:58 am
CARSON:
Moe Wampum has already been selling the HD-DVD hack code t-shirts for 2 days!
http://moeschwag.com/hcrcot.html
Posted on May 2nd, 2007 at 2:34 pm