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DVD Jon's Code In Sony Rootkit?

Posted by Zonk on from the when-will-it-end dept.

An anonymous reader writes "With some help from Sabre Security, Sebastian Porst and Matti Nikki have identified some stolen GPL'd code in Sony's rootkit. Ironically the code in question seems to be VLC's demux/mp4/drms.c -- the de-DRMS code which circumvents Apple's DRM, written by 'DVD' Jon Lech Johansen and Sam Hocevar."

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  1. More FUD ammo for Microsoft by wolfemi1 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Next, Bill Gates will be saying "Look how dangerous the GPL is! The next time a large corporation wants to exploit their consumers using GPL code, they could be liable for damages! Waah!"