Universal and Ultraviolet, protecting their content?

I was redeeming an Ultraviolet authorization code for a Universal movie, and needed to create an account.

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Passwords must be between 6 and 8 characters and letters or numbers! I thought the movie industry cared about protecting their assets more than this?

It’s hard to believe in 2013 that there’s a software developer and project manager that went ahead with this idiotic password requirement.