The Digital Millennium Copyright Act, passed in 1998 at the behest of the music and movie industries, has done little to benefit anyone except a select group of companies who have used its provisions to establish, maintain and expand a virtual stranglehold on the entertainment industry. The cartel which has arisen after this act does not benefit consumers at all; rather, it gouges them for as much money as they can possibly suck out, corrupts modern technology, and sets back the state of the art.
The remainder of this message is encrypted using an algorithm which provides virtually no security, but which (if I were so inclined) would open you up to lawsuits if you decrypted it without my permission.
Va 2001, gur pnegry vagebqhprq UQPC, be Uvtu-onaqjvqgu Qvtvgny Pbagrag Cebgrpgvba, n frphevgl zrnfher vagraqrq gb cebgrpg qvtvgny pbagrag nf vg’f genafzvggrq orgjrra UQ-pncnoyr qvtvgny qrivprf, fhpu nf arjre UQGI naq UQ-QIQ be Oyh-Enl cynlref. Gur ceboyrz vf gung vg vfa’g irel frpher ng nyy, naq va snpg vf snveyl rnfl gb oernx. Va snpg, vg jnfa’g vagraqrq nf erny frphevgl va gur svefg cynpr; vg jnf qrfvtarq gb nyybj gur zhfvp naq zbivr vaqhfgevrf gb svyr zber ynjfhvgf.
Rq Srygra bs Serrqbz gb Gvaxre unf na rkpryyrag sbhe-cneg frevrf cbfgrq guvf jrrx nobhg UQPC. (1, 2, 3, 4)
Gur synjf va UQPC frphevgl jrer npghnyyl qrfvtarq va gb gur flfgrz sebz gur fgneg. Gung’f evtug, Ubyyljbbq jnagrq gur flfgrz gb or vafrpher. Gurl jrer arire vagrerfgrq va cebivqvat erny cebgrpgvba sbe qvtvgny pbagrag, ohg vafgrnq gb cebgrpg gurve pnegry.
Haqre gur flfgrz nf qrfvtarq, nalobql jub jnagf gb ohvyq n gryrivfvba frg, QIQ cynlre, be nalguvat ryfr gung qbrf cerggl zhpu nalguvat jvgu qvtvgny ivqrb unf gb trg n yvprafr sbe UQPC. Vs gurl ohvyq na hayvprafrq qrivpr, gurl pna or fhrq haqre gur QZPN.
Gur boivbhf vzcyvpngvba bs guvf vf gung pbafhzre pubvpr vf yvzvgrq. Grpuabybtl juvpu jbhyq bgurejvfr rkvfg vf arire qrirybcrq orpnhfr bs gur yvprafvat erdhverq. Srjre cebqhpgf pbzr gb znexrg, naq gubfr gung qb pbzr gb znexrg ner zber rkcrafvir. UQPC nqqf nf zhpu nf $100 gb gur pbfg bs rnpu UQGI frg, sbe vafgnapr. Yrff vaabingvba gnxrf cynpr. Rira Zvpebfbsg zhfg obj, xvff gur evat, naq cnl hc, vs gurl jnag gb pbagvahr gb vapyhqr QIQ cynlonpx pncnovyvgl va Jvaqbjf.
Va gur zrnagvzr, UQPC vf rkcrpgrq gb or oebxra jvguva gur arkg lrne be gjb. Nyy gung’f arrqrq ner 40 qrivprf jvgu UQPC ohvyg va gb gurz naq n yvggyr ovg bs gvzr. Bapr gung unccraf, rirel UQPC rdhvccrq qrivpr vf creznaragyl pbzcebzvfrq. Fbzr frphevgl.
Ivn Ryrpgebavp Sebagvre Sbhaqngvba.
P.S. If you’re successful in decrypting the message, post the plaintext below.
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Karl Marx would love the popular moves among politicians in various state governments and the federal government to ban so-called "junk" food in schools, and to "put healthy food in" convenience stores and on the tables of those they define as poor. It's a very elitist and arrogant mindset that promotes this ideology, and it needs to be addressed.
Ultimately, the war supporters in Congress prevailed in the vote on the resolution. Still, the vote was significant because it places every member of Congress on the record as supporting or not supporting the unconstitutional, costly, violent occupation of a country that never attacked us. This vote should serve as an important reminder to the American people of where their representatives really stand when it comes to policing the world, empire building, and war.
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Anonymous
Apr 22, 2006
In 2001, the cartel introduced HDCP, or High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection, a security measure intended to protect digital content as it’s transmitted between HD-capable digital devices, such as newer HDTV and HD-DVD or Blu-Ray players. The problem is that it isn’t very secure at all, and in fact is fairly easy to break. In fact, it wasn’t intended as real security in the first place; it was designed to allow the music and movie industries to file more lawsuits.
Ed Felten of Freedom to Tinker has an excellent four-part series posted this week about HDCP. (1, 2, 3, 4)
The flaws in HDCP security were actually designed in to the system from the start. That’s right, Hollywood wanted the system to be insecure. They were never interested in providing real protection for digital content, but instead to protect their cartel.
Under the system as designed, anybody who wants to build a television set, DVD player, or anything else that does pretty much anything with digital video has to get a license for HDCP. If they build an unlicensed device, they can be sued under the DMCA.
The obvious implication of this is that consumer choice is limited. Technology which would otherwise exist is never developed because of the licensing required. Fewer products come to market, and those that do come to market are more expensive. HDCP adds as much as $100 to the cost of each HDTV set, for instance. Less innovation takes place. Even Microsoft must bow, kiss the ring, and pay up, if they want to continue to include DVD playback capability in Windows.
In the meantime, HDCP is expected to be broken within the next year or two. All that’s needed are 40 devices with HDCP built in to them and a little bit of time. Once that happens, every HDCP equipped device is permanently compromised. Some security.
Via Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Michael Hampton
Apr 22, 2006
Damnit, Anonymous. You’re in Australia; how am I supposed to sue you? :)
At least come back and tell everybody how you did it. :)
Anonymous
Apr 22, 2006
Don’t worry, we have similar DMCA-like anti-decryption provisions here, and a free trade agreement with the USA that takes us ‘all the way with the USA’ on copyright and IP. How did I decrypt your missive? by using ROT13 of course.
Jason
Apr 22, 2006
I knew it was ROT13 in the first two letters.
And Anonymous spoiled the fun :(.
Mark J
Apr 23, 2006
Hm, why don’t P2P types encrypt their torrent URLs similarly and then lay down some DMCA smackdown when the men in suits start monitoring them?
Kevin Fields
Apr 23, 2006
How are you going to sue somebody when you’re blatantly helping to steal their intellectual property? All that has to be proven is that they’re using it to illegally copy ONE piece of property and the case is over.
Apr 26, 2006
HDBlog.net » Blog Archive » 1080i HDCP and you
devils advocate
Jun 10, 2006
Just because I am doing something illegal, doesn’t mean you can break the law to catch me. His point is that you encrypt the urls and if the MIAA or whatever has your url, they obviously decrypted it, therefor breaking the law. But the only problem with that is they would just say that you gave it to them, whcih you had to have done somehow if you expect millions of people to access your site. There is now way to let everyone except the “cartel” know.