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Macrovision CD Protection Bypassed

Posted by timothy on Wednesday August 1, 2001 @05:18AM from the as-if-it-wouldn't-be dept.

LoPan writes: "The defective CDs that have recently arrived on the market have already had their copy protection broken according to The Register. What I'd like to know is if the discs do not conform to the Red Book standard, and if so, can they actually be sold as audio CD's, with the logo? Are they marked, warning consumers that they're buying a defective product?" The cdfreaks article referenced by the Register article tells you all you need to know. It's Windows-centric, but give it a few weeks and I bet cross-platform answers will show up.

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Re:Titles please? by Anonymous Coward · 2001-08-01 05:56 · Score: -1, Offtopic

And as I haven't seen any concentration camps, I won't believe that Hitler did anything wrong. We should be praising him as a visionary.
Slashdot... by Anonymous Coward · 2001-08-01 05:38 · Score: -1, Offtopic

News for Pirates. Warez that matter.
Divx analogy by AdamInParadise · 2001-08-01 05:25 · Score: 1, Offtopic

I just started to backup my DVDs on Divxes (A K6-300 is really not enough for that) and I'm just amazed by the amount and the quality of tools available to, well, slap the Hollywood barons. Most of them are open source, and they kick ass!

Earth to Hollywood: You will never get us!

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Nobox: Only simple products.
first? by Anonymous Coward · 2001-08-01 05:25 · Score: -1, Offtopic

First prost in the blah blah woohoo maybe?
Re:Titles please? by Anonymous Coward · 2001-08-01 06:05 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Wild guess: you're an atheist, aren't you?
OMG! SLASHDOT links to THE REGISTER! by Anonymous Coward · 2001-08-01 05:24 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Film at eleven, folks. This is a rare event.