Digg Quits Policing Illegal DVD Rip-off Code
Posted by Marty Weintraub on May 11th 2007 in Content, Social Media, DVD Hack
DVD Hack on Mainstream Site
It’s just 32 tiny little numbers but for the average teenage valley tech kid it’s the key to unlock copy protected DVDs at the expense of big American intellectual property corporations. In the wrong hands this code (in tandem with black hat software) beats protective mechanisms on commercial High definition Blu-ray DVD releases.
As often happens, the code has been posted by hacks on sites like digg.com. To see the latest clever version search on Digg for “AACS.” It’s been widely reported that the monolithic trade group (Access Content System) including Warner Brothers, IBM, and Sony delivered cease and desist notices to a number of websites. Most sites complied. Digg complied at first.
The Diggers were Mad.
As you might expect, digg.com users were pissed so users took to reposting the code each time digg removed it. Apparently, after a few days digg.com changed its mind and no longer is working to filter out the content. Then it got really weird.
It is with increasing ingenuity that new hacks are circulating the DVD unlock code. Here’s a link to a SONG posted on YouTube called…wait I can’t publish it here. Suffice to say that it is a tender little ditty with 32 character lyrics.
With one click on Digg you can purchase a t-shirt that has the DVD copy protection crack code screened on the front. You can even read the code on the e-commerce site that sells it.
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