[Voptalk] Hi-def hacking war heats up

[Peter Thermos]

http://www.securityfocus.com/brief/493

"...This week, a grass roots movement comprised of video hackers, opponents
of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and consumer-rights advocates
started spreading throughout the Internet a 128-bit code key critical to the
decryption of HD DVD and Blu-ray discs. The key -- called a Processing Key
-- was found in February through reverse engineering the data left in memory
by a specific HD DVD player and can be used to play back or copy the video
content protected by the encryption mechanism, known as the Advanced Access
Content System (AACS), used by both HD DVD and Blu-ray discs...."