AACS declares Hex war on bloggers

Found on The Inquirer on Thursday, 03 May 2007
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The body which is responsible for the encryption of the HD-DVD is incandescent with rage that millions of bloggers have published the software key that can break the technology's codes.

Speaking to the BBC, Michael Ayers, chair of the AACS business group said that bloggers had crossed the line by publishing the code number.

He said that that the outfit was looking at "legal and technical tools" to confront those who published the key.

Ironically, the publication of the key would have disappeared into the great hole that is the Interweb if the AACS had not used its considerable legal and technical tools to lean on Google and Digg.

But it does not seem that the AACS had learnt its lesson about taking on the combined might of the net. Ayers still seems to think that the best way was to shove the toothpaste back in the tube by using some "legal and technical" steps to prevent the circumvention of copy protection.

"Legal and technical" steps against millions of bloggers? I can't wait to see that. I hope Ayers does know that the Internet isn't a US only thing where their DMCA threat works. AACS will learn one thing in the end: the harder you try the harder you fail.