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Interview with Developer of BackupHDDVD

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on

An anonymous reader writes "HD DVD and Blu-Ray were supposedly protected by an impenetrable fortress. However a programmer named "muslix64" discovered that this was not the case, and released BackupHDDVD. Now, Slyck.com has an interview with the individual responsible, who provides some interesting insight to his success."

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  1. Investment in DRM vs. Investment to crack by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Anyone have a cost estimate for producing the AACS DRM? I'm guessing the crack didn't cost nearly as much.

    Mij

    1. Re:Investment in DRM vs. Investment to crack by billster0808 · · Score: 3, Funny

      I don't know how much it cost to create, but the cost to crack it was just 8 days of work, and probably a case or 2 of Mt. Dew.

  2. Re:He is obviously not a native English speaker... by CRCulver · · Score: 5, Funny

    Good, that only narrows it down to five billion people. The MPAA will be sure to track down this scoundrel soon.

  3. AACS Easier to Crack Than CSS by jizziknight · · Score: 5, Funny

    So technically speaking, it was easier to bypass AACS than CSS. Oh, the irony. It figures that the more complicated the DRM, the easier it is to crack.
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    1. Re:AACS Easier to Crack Than CSS by rmckeethen · · Score: 2, Funny

      Obligatory Star Trek quote:

      "The more they overthink the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain."

      --Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott, Star Trak III

  4. Encrypted by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    This comment is rot26 encrypted. By reading this comment, you have violated the DMCA.

    1. Re:Encrypted by Quaoar · · Score: 1, Funny

      Thanks guy. You just summoned "that which cannot be named" and doomed us all. I was looking forward to an afterlife not filled with thousands of gibbering mouths, but nooooooooooo...

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      I'll form my OWN solar system! With blackjack! And hookers!
  5. Re:He is obviously not a native English speaker... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Two, now.

    -muslix64

  6. Re:And the best part is... by purpledinoz · · Score: 4, Funny

    You underestimate the movie companies. The next step is to encrypt the the data on the disc, and throw away all the keys. This way, no one can decrypt it. Not even the pirates! There is one side effect though, no one can watch the movie either. Oh well, it's a fair compromise.

  7. Re:I love this guy... by goombah99 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Is THAT you, there "that guy". You were pretty cagey about your proclivities up until you mentioned the dragon.

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  8. Who would name his kid that? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Someone who likes muesli and Intel architecture but isn't so good at spelling?

  9. Re:He is obviously not a native English speaker... by McFadden · · Score: 4, Funny
    Probably none, who would name their kid that?
    David Beckham?
  10. DRM Cracking Quiz by Compulawyer · · Score: 4, Funny
    To paraphrase from an old law school joke:

    Q: What is the fastest way to crack a DRM scheme?

    A: Label it as uncrackable.

    Thank you, thank you. I'll be here all week. The 9:00 show is completely different from the 7:00 show. Be sure to tip your bartenders and waitresses.

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    Laws affecting technology will always be bad until enough techies become lawyers.

  11. Re:And the best part is... by ncc74656 · · Score: 3, Funny
    Can you imagine the huge hit on performance that would be? Every memory access has to be accompanied by a decrypt, every memory write accompanied with an encrypt. It will set back PC performance by many years.

    ...and this would be different from any other Windows release how, exactly?

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    20 January 2017: the End of an Error.
  12. Re:And the best part is... by Workaphobia · · Score: 5, Funny

    Fool. Bruce Schneier could still watch it.

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    Evidently, the key to understanding recursion is to begin by understanding recursion. The rest is easy.
  13. Re:And the best part is... by Baricom · · Score: 2, Funny
    Sorry, but I'm afraid you're thinking of Chuck Norris.
    Sorry about that. I may be a grammar Nazi, but at least I'm an unbiased one. ;)

    Slow Down Cowboy! Slashdot requires you to wait between each successful posting of a comment to allow everyone a fair chance at posting a comment. (That is, unless you're Chuck Norris.)
  14. Re:He is obviously not a native English speaker... by Digital+Vomit · · Score: 3, Funny

    I thought the name was describing the 64-bit version of a breakfast cereal?

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    Modern copyright is theft of culture from everyone and it retards the progress of the useful arts and sciences.