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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. 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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    Computational Madness in a round package.