AACS key on a check

By at 10:26 pm Wednesday, Jun 20


Hobie just ordered new checks and needed to put something useful in the address field, so he added in the notorious AACS key! This is the storied integer that is used to break the copy-control system in HD-DVDs. The AACS licensing authority says that distributing this number is a crime. That's not working: 1.5 million pages on the Internet contain the key today. (Thanks, Hobie!)

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Cory Doctorow

Jun 1, Sydney Vivid
Jul 14, London EFF Speakeasy
Jun 18, Dublin Internet Freedom		Context (essays)
With a Little Help (short stories)
For the Win (YA novel)
Makers (adult novel)

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