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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. wow... by MacKinnon · · Score: 0, Troll

    I saw this mentioned a few weeks ago when Patrick Norton first discovered this.

    I'm glad I'm getting breaking news on Slashdot. The only thing announced first here are kernel updates. Is this site even relevant anymore?

  2. Dell. by Night0wl · · Score: 4, Troll

    That's cute.. Dell uses DVD drives which by-pass the copy protection...

    If they enforce the DMCA on this, they can change there commercials..

    "Dude, You're getting arrested!"

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  3. Re:All DVD drives...or just that NEC model? by iamplasma · · Score: 1, Troll

    Who the hell rated the above post "Troll". Just because somebody decides to post something counter to the opinions of most /.ers makes him a troll? He's pretty much right. You buy music subject to given terms, and nobody is forcing you to buy it.
    Whatever happened to "voting with your wallet"?

  4. Circumvention isn't very hard by secondsun · · Score: 0, Troll

    Steps to circumvent 99% of all Copy protection.
    1. Connect the line out from a CD player to the line In on a PC
    2. Open a sound recording program
    3. Record the music (remember ot stop for each track or at least break it up after wards)
    4. Compres and be on your merry way!
    (The also works with DVD players, a DV cam that has RCA inputs and firewire)

    I don't see why we are complaining about copy protection this much, it is a foolish attempt at best. Maybe we should be focused more on buying CD's than ripping them. Then again you have people like me who weren't planning on buying the CD anyway.

    Secondsun

    You can decrypt DVD's if it keeps the kiddies out of your porn.
    -DMCA

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