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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.""
Great. There's even more "open statements" about the security being bunk. This will only make them work harder at it.
Geeze, as if my tin-foil hat wasn't think enough as it is.
I'm not a prophet or a stone-age man,
I'm just a mortal with potential of a super man.
beep bop bo be bee bop beep (Me calling her at work)
Me:"Hi sweetie, do you know who Anthony Hamilton is?"
her:"Am I supposed to know?"
me:"Nah just checking"
So why would this no name loser worry about DRM? Heck, I wouldn't even know his name if it wasn't for my primary news source (slash) Maybe if he offered a few songs for free via MP3 i'd be inclined to waste some bandwidth downloading his music.
Oh plug here.. I'm working with the grandson of Duke Ellington on his website, he offers free MP3 samples of his music (reg req)
click here
If the grandson of one of America's greatest musicians can get with the program, why can't all these big wigs at BMI do the same?is to keep producing crap that no one will want to copy.
...FOR ME TO POOP ON!
And to think the company touts its product as strongly as those cultists hyped their cloned baby.
What's cool is that this paper is worded as closely to "HA HA HA WHAT A BUNCH OF DOUCHEBAGS" as academic writing ever comes.
What Would Jesus Do
(for a Klondike bar)?
Since when does taking functionality away from something mean you're enhancing it?
Expect to start seeing "enhanced computers" hitting the stores in within a year or two at most. I guarantee that precise word - enhanced.
TCPA-enhanced-computers, Palladium-enhanced-computers, NGSCB-enhanced-computers, or SomePrettyNewName-enhanced-computers.
The "reduced functionality" will be extremely specific. It will store your "passwords" (encryption keys) in special memory, and you will be denied the ability to read that memory. Since you are denied access to your own passwords you will be denied the ability to read your own files except as permitted by someone else. You will be denied the ability to copy, back up, or move your own files, except as permitted by someone else. You will be denied the ability to modify your software, except as permitted by someone else. You will be denied the ability to modify your hardware, except as permitted by someone else. Other people can force you update, delete, or modify your system in any way they demand, or parts of your system lock up and your files go dead and useless.
Portions of the system will lock up completely unless you have a continuous internet connection constantly passing information to, and accepting commands from, someone else.
Why would someone ever buy such a crippled computer? Three reasons. Number one: All new computers sold will be "enhanced". Most people know squat about computers or the new "enhancements", they just buy a new computer, and that's how they come. Reason Two: The new computers can do everything the old computers can do, they can run all old software and use all old data. There's no reason at all not to get the new computers. Reason Three: The new Windows operationg system will only run on an enhanced computer. All sorts of new software will only work on enhanced computers. New file downloads won't work on the old computers. New E-mail will only work on enhanced computers. New WEBSITES will only be accessible with enhanced computers. Various old websites will be modified to only be accessible with enhanced computers.
If the new "enhanced" inititive succeeds we're all screwed.
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