On the tails of recent Advanced Access Content System volume key discovery efforts by the hacking community, the organization responsible for the AACS encryption on hi-def discs announced that next week new film releases and discs would feature a new (uncracked) volume key…which was then promptly cracked. This week. Before the revised keys have even hit shelves.

“AACS LA’s attempts to stifle dissemination of AACS keys and prevent hackers from compromising new keys are obviously meeting with extremely limited success. The hacker collective continues to adapt to AACS revisions and is demonstrating a capacity to assimilate new volume keys at a rate which truly reveals the futility of resistance. If keys can be compromised before HD DVDs bearing those keys are even released into the wild, one has to question the viability of the entire key revocation model“ (emphasis mine -MJ)

Why do I continue harping on this subject? To keep reminding FreshDV readers, many who are content producers and creators, that draconian DRM is not the answer. In this case it seems to be backfiring in a major way.