Source:Slashdot.org [Read the summery on Slashdot for the domain names] Source: Digg.com [OT] So... can you copyright a number? Surely they have been around far too long to be copyrighted! If you can, then whats to stop you from say.... calculating pi to 1 more digit than has been done before and copyrighting it? (Or even just claiming the copyright to 3.14, or even the number 3!) And the take legal action against anyone who calculates pi any further than you (as they are infringing on your copyright!!!!). If AACS win this, then in theory you can claim copyright on any 32 character hexadecimal number (and what it converts into in any other base) so you can copyright any number from 0 to 340282367 × 10 to the power of 30 (note: my maths might be wrong) If you want to see the number that the AACS claims that they own you can get it out of the slashdot article or google, i have not posted it because i don't think Sniper, Big_B etc would appreciate me doing so! As I'm sure he has better things to do than deal with bogus legal claims... (Freedom of speech, yes, but i don't pay the electric, for hardware etc! so no) [/OT]
Its everywhere! You cant escape that damn number now... its all over Digg, slashdot, hackaday, youtube..... basically anywhere where there's any tech related info where you can post comment! Good luck trying to get that off the internet!!!!
this is pretty sweet. I must have been under a rock or something, but i didn't realize how huge this whole thing is. Granted, i completely agree with the statement Impotence, this is just one more of the already many, stupid and ridiculous patents.
Google has found that magic number nearly 2 million times... Code: "09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B <other half of key>" but seriously, 2 MILLION TIMES!!!!
