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SunnComm - Bomb or DRM Success Story?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the guaranteed-to-cure-what-ails-you dept.

pacopico writes "The Register has one of best tech feature stories done in a long time on SunnComm - the infamous Shift key problem DRM makers. The story charts the awesome path SunnComm took from being an Elvis impersonator company eventually to creating CD protection technology almost out of thin air. Great read!"

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  1. DRM? by The-Bus · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I have yet to find any DRM which (even on Windows!) can circumvent the following:

    1. Turn off auto-run on all CD drives.
    2. While the computer is off, put in a CD in the drive.
    3. Upon boot, retrieve the music you paid for using a program like EAC.

    Most DRM relies on #1 to begin with.

    Now once Longhorn comes about, that's a different story (for Windows users).

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    Small potatoes make the steak look bigger.

  2. Re:Not About DRM... by Grishnakh · · Score: 4, Interesting

    So if you live in a country where it's legal to torture and murder certain people, and your employer tells you to do so, would you do it? Sounds like you would.

    Legal doesn't mean ethical.

    I don't care what someone's "job" is, if their job requires them to do something unethical, then their only way of not being complete scum is to resign their job. The investors would be better off losing their money, so they'll learn not to invest in stupid scams again. Rewarding this behavior does not result in a healthy society.