X9 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 CX

Edited: The first and last numbers have been X'd out...

Does that number mean anything to you? Apparently a lot of people are up in arms over it and people posting about it are being threatened with legal ramifications.

"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 movies in Linux (oh, okay, maybe software is also required). And the fact that it’s out there, spreading like wildfire, is killing the types at the movie studios right now."

This story is spreading like wild-fires and Digg has even removed posts containing the number. Is this huge? Is this a well executed hoax? The next few days will tell.

Link:
http://.../spread-this-number/