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After DeCSS, DVD Jon Releases DeDRMS

Posted by timothy on from the one's-right-to-annoy dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Jon Lech Johansen, who reverse engineered FairPlay back in January, and wrote the decryption code that was later used by an anonymous developer to create the playfair utility, has released a similar utility: DeDRMS. It's only 230 lines. T-shirts anyone?"

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  1. This boy's mother... by FreeLinux · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    should have taught him that: When you play with fire, you get your fingers burned.

    So far he has won and avoided jail. But, if he continues to push his luck, like this, some corporation is going to bury him.

  2. Bitch Bitch Bitch by Famatra · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    This guy is a hero for standing up to coroprations, unlike you who can only bitch on Slashdot about how other people get all the glory and your stuck there picking your ass all day long.

    If you are really concerned about him going to jail, then do something about it rather then bitch about *him* doing *his* part.

  3. Re:pretty cool... by base3 · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    The iPod contains the encryption keys when the DRMd files are copied to it with iTunes.

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    One CPU cycle wasted on digital restrictions management is ONE TOO MANY.