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DRM Hole Sets Patch Speed Record For Microsoft

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the great-priorities dept.

puppetman writes "Wired columnist Bruce Schneier has an article up called 'Quickest Patch Ever', about a patch that was issued within three days to fix a vulnerability in Windows Digital Rights Management (DRM)." From the article: "Now, this isn't a 'vulnerability' in the normal sense of the word: digital rights management is not a feature that users want. Being able to remove copy protection is a good thing for some users, and completely irrelevant for everyone else. No user is ever going to say: 'Oh no. I can now play the music I bought for my PC on my Mac. I must install a patch so I can't do that anymore.' But to Microsoft, this vulnerability is a big deal. It affects the company's relationship with major record labels. It affects the company's product offerings. It affects the company's bottom line. Fixing this 'vulnerability' is in the company's best interest; never mind the customer."

6 of 397 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Kinda blows their excuse by Stripsurge · · Score: 4, Funny

    Easy. They used up all their overtime hours already.

  2. What day is it? by hansamurai · · Score: 5, Funny

    For a second there, I thought it was Tuesday.

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    Reviewing just the first hour of video games.
  3. Re:Critical, or not? by Carewolf · · Score: 4, Funny

    Pirates just are better. Get used to it, ninja!

  4. Re:Kinda blows their excuse by skaap · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wonder if they'll introduce clippy to this:

    Clippy: It looks like you're trying to pirate some music, do you want me to:

    1. Send your details to the RIAA
    2. Delete your files
    3. Ruin the files by overlaying Cliff Richard music into it?

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    -Rob
  5. Re:Kinda blows their excuse by marcello_dl · · Score: 5, Funny
    What's their excuse going to be the next time a user vulnerability...
    Windows has no users. It has hostages.
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    ---- MISSING MISCELLANEOUS DATA SEGMENT --- [sigdash] trolololol
  6. Re:Critical, or not? by Cederic · · Score: 4, Funny


    Oh no, "Aaaaaarghhhhh!" is very pirate like. The full drawn out heavily accented version of 'ah' spoken at barely louder than standard volume helps establish the credibility and persona of the pirate, helping differentiate him from the Royal Navy captain ("Oh, I say!"), the unretrievably insane ("Twip Feeble Snarf!") and the common or garden ninja ("").