AACS does not require an Internet connection to secure content. It does include the capability of supplying special access to secure content via an Internet connection, at the content owners discretion. AACS is a copy protection system with optional DRM capabilities.
This misunderstanding appears to have started from DRM Blog - where a vehemently anti-DRM author specifically stated, incorrectly, that AACS requires an Internet connection.
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Jake @ Sep 14th 2005 5:44PM
AACS does not require an Internet connection to secure content. It does include the capability of supplying special access to secure content via an Internet connection, at the content owners discretion. AACS is a copy protection system with optional DRM capabilities.
This misunderstanding appears to have started from DRM Blog - where a vehemently anti-DRM author specifically stated, incorrectly, that AACS requires an Internet connection.