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Newest Audio CD DRM Proves Ineffective
The Importance of writes "As noted previously, a couple of weeks ago BMG released a new CD by Anthony Hamilton that included DRM. Slashdot readers speculated that the system wouldn't work. Now there is a report proving it doesn't work by Alex Halderman, a graduate student at Princeton's computer science department and the author of an earlier, definitive report (PDF, HTML version) on first generation CD copy protection. Famed computer scientist Ed Felten asks: "Is this the end of the road for CD copy protection?" His answer? "It ought to be.""
"Is this the end of the road for CD copy protection?" His answer? "It ought to be.""
Yeah and 64k should be enough for anyone.
I have over 70 freaks, do you?
Who wants to make a little bet?
I have $10 on him being contacted by RIAA lawyers with DMCA references by the end of the day. Any takers?
-- Dr. Eldarion --
they never saw *that* coming did they?
sheesh..
It is amazing that anyone was even worried about this..
however, if microsoft gets in the bios and disables the shift key... "they don't need a shift key" you can bluescreen on boot and probably get around it by pressing the windows key.
anime+manga together at last.. in real time.
Now there is a report proving it doesn't work
No doubt written with a Sharpie pen.
We better all watch out - our shift keys are quickly becoming a means to thwarting an access control device. Using them is flirting with arrest!
"Is this the end of the road for CD copy protection?" The industry is stupid, greedy and desperate. I'm going with 'no'.
BMG are geniuses (genii? :P)
Follow this pseudo-proof
Step 1: Release a CD by Anthony Hamilton
Step 2: Put new copy protection on it
Step 3: Nobody copies the cd "illegally"
Step 4: QED. The copy protection works
[I can picture a world without war, without hate. I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it]
Words change meaning when you translate from English to Marketing. :)
"History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme." Mark Twain
Or under Linux:
:-D ;)
1. Insert CD into drive
2. Start grip, CDDB info retrieved automatically
3. Select All Tracks and then press "Rip + Encode" button
But Windows is easier to use because, well, because it just *is*, that's all!
and raise you 3 Britany Spears Singles, plus an N'Sync CD. It's a bit risk, but I'm willing to take it!
> Do not try to think outside the box. That's impossible. Instead, realise the truth. There is no box.
Please stop what you're doing and call your local BSA office. The product you're using did not come with a box and is therefore pirated. Stay where you are and remain calm. The police will arrive shortly.
The SHIFT key is now officially a DMCA (or is that DCMA?) circumvention device. I pity you americans...
Cheers from Germany!
Or if you run linux, just stick the disc in the drive, run cdparanoia, and put the disc back in its case.
Maybe the latest version of WineX will support the SbcpHID driver.
I hope this is not off topic, but could you help me with an audio cassette that I have? I bought it at the store, and it won't play on any player. It is the self-titled release by the band "Head Cleaner". Instead of music, I get a couple of minutes of loss hiss. Is this some sort of cassette tape DRM problem?
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
More gasping and thrashing as the death throes of the recording industry continue... These inept attempts of the desperately greedy and self-important to maintain their obsolete roles are somewhere between amusing and pathetic.
Too bad they aren't as endearing as the penniless former aristocrats who were more or less kept as pets by the wealthy after World War One swept away most of the European monarchies. Watch for them in any old B&W movie that features millionaires and mansions. There's always a Count or a Baron or a Duchess at the dinner table. In a few years, after the recording industry is gone, maybe every fashionable Silcon Valley party will include a Geffen or a Rosen.
you used capital letters, dmca violator1111, you are going to jail1111
Does this mean that anything that is NOT Windows is a DMCA violation?
Those who would give up liberty in exchange for security and DRM should switch to Microsoft Palladium!
Like many iPod users, I actually buy much more music than I did previously. New listening device creates new spaces for listening music and thus increases demand. However, I am not rich enough to buy EVERYTHING I want to listen - usually when I enter a store, 4-5 albums catch my interest, but I can afford to walk out only with 2-3 of them. Obviously, I avoid CD's with stickers like "this CD is copy protected". I know the protection is probably easy to bypass, but why should I bother? I just choose the 2-3 albums without the protection. And here's a weird thing - whenever I put back a "copy protected" CD on the store shelf (carrying in my basket the non-protected ones) echo brings me the sounds of a gunshot and a voice shouting "ouch! my foot!" somewhere in the distance.
They don't depend on Autorun. They social engineer you into installing their trojan horse software in case it does not install automatically. Social Engineering provided for both Mac and Windows.
(Trojan horse: software that does what it says it does, but has an unwanted secret hidden inside. You don't discover this until after you've let it inside the city gate.)
Those who would give up liberty in exchange for security and DRM should switch to Microsoft Palladium!
Copies made while the driver is active will sound badly garbled, as in this 9-second clip [10].
That's not garbled, that's the Aphex Twin mix!
Or under iMac:
1). Insert CD into drive
2). Take iMac into tech support, so they can "extract" the cd that is now jammed in your computer.
Why do I get the feeling that I wouldn't _want_ to copy his CD? Maybe the RIAA is trying to prevent pirating by publishing CDs we wouldn't want to copy...
I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?
for offering advice on how to circumvent this copyright protection scheme.
The real "Libtards" are the Libertarians!
He's a linux user, do you need to ask? :)
Never heard of him, don't give a shit about his record.
Tempted to start pirating copies of their DRM software though, just out of spite...
Who the hell is Anthony Hamilton?