Digg Users Revolt After HD DVD Keys Posted

“Although the code has been available for some time, the
rudd-o.com Web site began urging users to “share this number,” in
much the same manner as the original CSS code for decrypting DVDs
began circulating.

“‘This means the (admittedly long) number is precisely the key
you need in order to decrypt and watch HD-DVD movies in Linux (oh,
okay, maybe software is also required),’ the Web site said. “And
the fact that it’s out there, spreading like wildfire, is killing
the types at the movie studios right now. Now, even if this number
stopped working (and it will, thanks to the revocation procedures
in HD-DVD’s encryption scheme) or if it were a hoax, the decryption
system has already been figured out and is implemented in a
software program called BackupHDDVD…”

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