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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.
and he's very fast
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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?
You only have the rights the owner of the intellectual property decides to give to you. If the music companies decide that you need a license for playing a CD for each separate player device (like some programs are licensed per CPU) there's nothing you can do about it. It's their stuff and they have every right to say how their property is being used.
And no-one's forcing you to buy their music, of course.
I fully agree with the RIAA boss who said that "there is no such thing as the right to fair use". Fair use is what they deem approrpiate. Just like you can use a GPL or a BSD license for your software.
AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!AAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!AHAHAHAHAHAH AH!....Not only does is the copy protection half baked, but the people that did the testing must have been as well!
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!"
Computational Madness in a round package.
I've never copied music, movies or programs and feel damn good about it when I read threads like these. Where's your self-respect? If you can't afford to buy it, you don't deserve to have it. Work and earn the money instead of stealing other people's property. Losers.
You enjoy music? Then support the people who make it available!
Yeah, but allowing ripping makes it possible to steal music.
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"?
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.
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You can decrypt DVD's if it keeps the kiddies out of your porn.
-DMCA
There is nothing wrong with being gay. It's getting caught where the trouble lies.