This year sees the launch of a new generation of home video systems, HD-DVD and Blu-ray Disc, which offer high definition video and are seen as the successors to DVDs. DVD was launched with anti-piracy technology that was easily cracked. According to the Motion Picture Association of America, video piracy now costs the industry about $3.5bn annually, mostly through pirated discs. In 2004, the MPAA seized more than 76m worldwide, an increase of 44% on 2003.
Poor, poor MPAA. Fortunately for the movie industry, they have charity to help them through the hard times. It's called swag. 
Wasn't de-CSS written by a 13-year old? What y'all wanna bet that AACS gets defeated by somebody even younger.