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FairUse4WM Breaks Windows DRM
An anonymous reader writes "FairUse4WM, according to engadget, "can be used to strip Windows Media DRM 10 and 11". What does the slashdot community think of this development in the ongoing cat-and-mouse game going on between big media and what is available online?"
I think the industry should start wondering who the cat really is.
My Computer Music Tutorial Videos
Or more accurately titled "Dear Microsoft: Please don't bitchslap us"
-- Ravensfire
"But we decide which is right, and which is an illusion"
No, you don't. What gave you that idea?
Does this mean I can use it to strip the DRM from pr0n I've downloaded?
all Ican say is So long and thanks for all the DRM
Good for Slashdot. I'd rather read some well-thought out comments and great links to other material on the topic than see the inanity that passes for comments at other places -- which you've obviously been a part of creating.
"Trolls they were, but filled with the evil will of their master: a fell race..." -- J.R.R. Tolkien on Olog-hai
1.) I have over 12,500 songs in my collection. All WMA. All play fine on my WMA playback devices, of which I have four.
2.) I know well what my rights are. They are listed right in the EULA when I installed the various Music Stores. They ARE NOT MY SONGS. They belong to the artist or the record label, right or wrong.
3.) Define special...
Making a backup of a song? I have most on three or four devices inlcuding my PC. Not to mention the fact that if I do lose the song, I simply go and download it again, for free, as I already paid the fee to download the right to use said song.
Why would I want to watch a movie on a handheld device? Thats why I own a large screen TV and DVD player. No need to be stuck to a tiny device with no surround sound, or having to squint to see anything.
It seems to me the only people that have problems with DRM are the ones that think everything should be free and the ones who do regularly steal music and software.
What does the slashdot community think of this development in the ongoing cat-and-mouse game going on between big media and what is available online?
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A MS employee rings up Mr.BiLL
Emp:Sir.Important News.
Bill:What is it?
Emp:WMA DRM has been cracked!!
Bill: What! It took them so long !?
Emp: !!!!!!
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I'll take Questions With Obvious Answers for $200, Alex!
Tired of being "punished" by the Slashdot $rtbl since 2002. I'm now over at http://soylentnews.org/ .
trying to educate the future business leaders of America...
Hahahahaha! Now I know you're trolling! "Educating" the "future business leaders of America" indeed.
You don't "educate" business leaders - you throw them in a tank full o' sharks & promote the survivors.
There are shills on slashdot. Apparently, I'm one of them.
The analogy I prefer is that the pro-DRM argument is a lot like the anti-gun-control argument. They're both wrong.
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How am I supposed to comment this when theres no link to download it?
"Welcome to our world. We are the wasted youth. And we are the future too." Yes, I know these are stupid lyrics.
How's next Tuesday for you? I don't have anything planned I can't move around...
Understanding the scope of the problem is the first step on the path to true panic.
Yes, many other companies will sink their money in DRM systems, and many of these platforms are still bound to fail. Unfortunately the legal provisions will make many people bleed until a reasonable way of dealing with digital technology will have been found. As Cory Doctorow put it (in his talk to the Microsoft Research group to be found here: http://www.craphound.com/msftdrm.txt):