DVD Drives Defeat Cactus Data Shield

jsepeta sends in a story about Cactus Data Shield, one of the schemes to be used for copy-protecting compact discs. A reporter for TechTV notes that DVD drives see right through the disc corruption that Cactus uses to supposedly prevent those CDs from being ripped.

Comments

ffs, come of it, encryption?

[metrix007]

dvd,s are movies, why the hell do movies need encryption? easy, they dont, riaa fuckers are control freaks and wont allow foa to ensue. fuckers.

Re:All DVD drives...or just that NEC model?

[Krimsen]

this whole copy-protection of audio CD's is a sham. If I use my computer as a CD player (which many people at work do), I should be able to play the CD normally, and do what I want with it.

"should" is the key word here. We should be able to do whatever the hell we want in life as long as we aren't hurting other people. But look how gays were harrassed under sodomy laws years ago. "Should" isn't going to prevent our rights from being taken away. Especially by greedy corporations and corrupt government.

Re:Now the big question: Who will cave in first?

[Pussy Is Money]

Well, I don't know how it will end up, but I do know what it was like, for to my knowledge it was never possible to put a videotape into a computer.

Re:I have your Cactus Data Shield in my pants

[painkillr]

You "buy" your linux OS's? Obviously you got ripped off because most slashdot people know how to get it for free.

Re:Good for music trading after all?

[Meleneth]

so, err, you've been sleeping through the groups that *have* been ripping and releaseing every CD as it comes out for the past few *years* then?

and as far as your uninformed "hurting the warez scene" comment - I've yet to see a game that is "too big" - even the 7CD monsters. They are *always* pirated. *always*.

+5? wow.