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MS DRM Version 2 - Cracked

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the protected-media-files dept.

As the title says: Microsoft Digital Rights Management Version 2 has been cracked. The Register has the story, including a link to a downloadable zip file which contains source code, explanation and a small DOS utility. Grab it while you can. You can also read the explanation directly here, and you can also find it with Google.

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  1. Next up - guy thrown in jail by Hektor_Troy · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    He's gonna be thrown in jail for cracking the security, thereby jeopardizing national security not to mention corporate interest.

    Then their gonna bomb arizona back to the stoneage, because they think he might be attending college there, and dropping humanitarian aid at the same time.

    How many people think, that the guy will even get a fair treatment by the "normal" press if he's thrown in jail and ends up in a high publicity court case?

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  2. a brave soul by shivan · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    it takes a brave soul to release such a tool in a time like this, while the us government is hunting down anything that has to do with encryption and computer crime related bullshit (pardon my french).

    lets not hope this puts more oil on the fire allready burning within some of you government officials and their wacko bills.

    My congrats to the brave soul who is defying the corporations and fighting for all our rights.

  3. Re:Just like deCSS by Hard_Code · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Oh, it just like a *male* to whine and cry....

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  4. What would be cool... by SealBeater · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I was just thinking about how this file is spreading and being mirrored across the Internet as we speak, and had a cool thought. Anybody see those maps of the Internet that thinkgeek is selling? How neat would it be if this file was somehow taggable, so that you would be able to watch the spread of this file across the global Internet? I realize that this is a bad idea in practice and I am not saying this for the purposes of tracking down anyone, just that it would be pretty neat to see how fast this thing spreads. I think it would be pretty funny and cool to watch. Just a random thought.

    /me opens up HP OpenView and watches all the nodes in the US turning red.

    SealBeater

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