Digital Rights Group Promises Action
Charles Johnson
Fri May 4, 2007 at 10:15 am PDT • Views: 322
Not good news for Kevin Rose and Digg.com: DRM group vows to fight bloggers.
Bloggers “crossed the line” when they posted a software key that could break the encryption on some HD-DVDs, the AACS copy protection body has said.
Thousands of websites published the key, which had been uncovered in a bid to circumvent digital rights management (DRM) technology on HD-DVD discs.
Many said they had done this as an exercise in free speech.
An AACS executive said it was looking at “legal and technical tools” to confront those who published the key.
That Web 2.0 temper tantrum may end up shutting down their playground.
Frank says: