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From what I recall, it was the actual protection method that was protected by DMCA - when DVD protection was cracked it was forbidden to distribute a particular
by rusk 2y ago
From what I recall, it was the actual protection method that was protected by DMCA - when DVD protection was cracked it was forbidden to distribute a particular section of code so they just printed it on a Tee-shirt to troll the powers that be.
- jazzyjackson 2y agoBetter yet just print the colors that represent the number, see https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_number https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_number But then again, knowing the number is a far cry from using that number to circumvent DRM
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 2y agoPresuming you are referring to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AACS_encryption_key_controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AACS_encryption_key_controvers... > Outside the Internet and the mass media, the key has appeared in or on T-shirts, poetry, songs and music videos, illustrations and other graphic artworks, tattoos and body art, and comic strips. Using the encryption key to decrypt the data on a DVD is illegal “circumvention” per DMCA 1201, if it’s done without authorization from the copyright owner of the data on the DVD. If it were really illegal to simply publish the key on a website, then printing it on clothing that they sold instead would not be a viable loophole. I’m glad it is still referred to as a controversy that they were issuing cease and desist letters for publishing information when the actual crime they had in mind, which was not alleged in the letters, is using the information to decrypt a DVD.
- rusk 2y agoPublishing the key is a crime but even “discovering” the key is a crime. My toy thought is that you could legally do key discovery using non-copyrighted media though of course now that I think about it why would it be ciphered in that case LOL