Comments on: 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0 http://soapster.co.uk/2007/05/02/09-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63-56-88-c0/ Life from a Soapbox! Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:51:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Soapy http://soapster.co.uk/2007/05/02/09-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63-56-88-c0/#comment-59 Soapy Thu, 03 May 2007 08:24:50 +0000 http://soapster.co.uk/2007/05/02/09-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63-56-88-c0/#comment-59 I'm still none the wiser about what that number does but according to a <a href="http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/005229.php" rel="nofollow">new article on the EFF (Electronic freedom Foundation)</a>, the question isn't about copyright but about circumventing technology - "<strong>Is the key copyrightable?</strong> It doesn't matter. The AACS-LA takedown letter is not claiming that the key is copyrightable, but rather that it is (or is a component of) a circumvention technology. The DMCA does not require that a circumvention technology be, itself, copyrightable to enjoy protection." I still fail to see how a number can be the subject of legal action. Maybe they should have a better method of encryption? I’m still none the wiser about what that number does but according to a new article on the EFF (Electronic freedom Foundation), the question isn’t about copyright but about circumventing technology -

“Is the key copyrightable? It doesn’t matter. The AACS-LA takedown letter is not claiming that the key is copyrightable, but rather that it is (or is a component of) a circumvention technology. The DMCA does not require that a circumvention technology be, itself, copyrightable to enjoy protection.”

I still fail to see how a number can be the subject of legal action. Maybe they should have a better method of encryption?

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