Interesting question. I have no idea if it's still relevant, though I imagine it is, and with the magical bytes being siloed in some file far, far away from VLC and libaacs.
It always strikes me as amusing that here we are, in the 21st century, and people are still trying to use shibboleths as a reasonable and scalable means of security. At least "ourhardworkbythesewordsguardedpleasedontsteal(c)AppleComputerInc" has some internal humor to appreciate.
Tangentially, FCKGW-... ;)
