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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."

3 of 585 comments (clear)

  1. Yeah! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Third post from the Sun!

  2. Now I have an incentive to download bootlegs! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I don't buy a lot of CDs, so it was never worth the effort to download bootlegs. Suddenly Sony has given me a big incentive. It is a lot safer!

  3. The Secret Phrase by SillyCON · · Score: 0, Redundant

    static char p_secret2[] =
                    "pbclevtug (p) Nccyr Pbzchgre, Vap. Nyy Evtugf Erfreirq.";

    Being the first word "Copyright", the phrase is:
    "Copyright (c) Apple Computer, Inc. All Right Reserved"

    The alphabet is simmetrical, so e=r implies r=e