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DVD Drives Defeat Cactus Data Shield

Posted by michael on from the trees-obscure-view-of-forest dept.

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.

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  1. Re:All DVD drives...or just that NEC model? by Krimsen · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ah, I see. Corporations are helping us to reach Nirvana by not allowing us to own property. They figure if we simply license everything, we won't own it and all of us will become Zen masters with no attachment to the physical world.... and here we are, all thinking that this is some scheme to gain power and extort more money from the hapless masses. Dammit, I knew corporations had the good of humanity in mind all along.

  2. damnit, couldn't they be quiet? by Barbarian · · Score: 5, Funny

    Too bad this Cactus system didn't become the standard before this was discovered, then RIAA would be a laughingstock.

  3. Re:Another way around it: by dimator · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's an interesting method. Here's another that I prefer:

    1) Take 'Natalie Imbruglia - White Lillies Island' CD.

    2) Fasten the disc to your car's bumper with a chain.

    3) Drive around until there's nothing left but the chain.

    --
    python -c "x='python -c %sx=%s; print x%%(chr(34),repr(x),chr(34))%s'; print x%(chr(34),repr(x),chr(34))"
  4. No one picked up on this? by A_Non_Moose · · Score: 5, Funny

    Cactus protection?

    Don't touch the data or you will be subjected to thousands of lawy^H^H^H^H little pricks!

    Talk about hidden meaning.

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