Ranting to /dev/null

-5 day AACS crack

Remember the key that was circulated a few weeks ago? The one that could be used by a savvy hacker to crack the protection on HD-DVDs? Remember how that key was "revoked", so that future HD-DVD releases wouldn't be affected by the publication of that supposedly-private key?

The new key has been cracked a week before it was scheduled to be released. We've thus crossed the threshold to the least-optimal iteration of DRM: the technology causes a headache to legitimate users--who need to update their software--while not causing even a slight delay in the distribution of unauthorized copies.

Somebody call the porter. Those deckchairs need rearranging before the ship sinks.