09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0

09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0

I had no idea a number could be copyrighted.

Anyhow, what is it?

It’s the HD-DVD Processing Key for most movies released so far.

I was not aware that a string of numbers and letters was copyrightable.

Perhaps its just my ignorance but it seems that someone is abusing the DMCA again.

This means the (admittedly long) number is precisely the key you need in order to decrypt and watch HD-DVD and Blu-Ray movies, stripping out the DRM. And the fact that it’s out there, spreading like wildfire, is killing the types at the movie studios right now.

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=123311
http://blog.digg.com/?p=74

I wonder if you’d get busted passing around this one as well (for nerds only):

13,256,278,887,989,457,651,018,865,901,401,704,640

or even better, this one

1001 11111001 00010001 00000010 10011101 01110100 11100011 01011011 11011000 01000001 01010110 11000101 01100011 01010110 10001000 11000000

All your base are belong to us.

Digg fights user revolt over HD-DVD ban – Digg founders took HD-DVD sponsorship.
http://texyt.com/Digg+founders+took+HD-DVD+sponsorship+00071