alt Hacker NewsEncryption keys, being purely random, are not copyrightable. (In light of recent events, this raises the question of artisanal human-created keys.) Distributing keys probably violates DMCA section 1201 though.
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Retr0id • yesterday at 10:54 PM
Spotify's offline playback DRM hinges on a HMAC key that's a human-readable phrase, based on a certain lyric. I'm curious whether it's just a fun easter egg, or if there's some kind of legal basis for the choice.
See also https://theapplewiki.com/wiki/Dont_Steal_Mac_OS.kext
BD+ and AACS are literally that though, that’s why VLC can’t play blu-rays.
> NB: Most commercial Blu-Ray are protected by AACS or BD+ technologies and this library is not enough to playback those discs.
https://www.videolan.org/developers/libbluray.html
clicking into the libaacs and libbd+ yields:
> NB: this project doesn't offer any key or certificate that could be used to decode encrypted copyrighted material.