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Vista DRM Cracked by Security Researcher

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the only-a-matter-of-time dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Security researcher Alex Ionescu claims to have successfully bypassed the much discussed DRM protection in Windows Vista, called 'Protected Media Path' (PMP), which is designed to seriously degrade the playback quality of any video and audio running on systems with hardware components not explicitly approved by Microsoft. The bypass of the DRM protection was in turn performed by breaking the Driver Signing / PatchGuard protection in the new operating system. Alex is now quite nervous about what an army of lawyers backed by draconian copyright laws could do to him if he released the details, but he claims to be currently looking into the details of safely releasing his details about this at the moment though."

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  1. very fitting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    called 'Protected Media Path' (PMP)
    I can guess how that's pronounced...
    1. Re:very fitting by User+956 · · Score: 5, Funny

      "called 'Protected Media Path' (PMP)" I can guess how that's pronounced... Well, it just goes to show, that PMP'ing an operating system ain't easy.

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      The theory of relativity doesn't work right in Arkansas.
    2. Re:very fitting by EvanED · · Score: 5, Funny

      Well, it just goes to show, that PMP'ing an operating system ain't easy.

      Or 'It's hard out here for a PMP'

    3. Re:very fitting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Come on, that jab is unfair.

      As a user of the Windows Home Operating Rights Environment, I must state for the record that all of my transactions with said system are completely clean, and take place using the most effective protection available. If you truly feel that some of your Media exchanges are tainted, I'd suggest it's probably because you didn't pay the requisite PMP fees.

    4. Re:very fitting by drinkypoo · · Score: 5, Funny

      Or 'It's hard out here for a PMP'

      I don't know what you heard about me
      But you can't get your video out of me
      High quality video you can't see
      Because I've got uncracked PMP.

      --
      "You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
    5. Re:very fitting by Coucho · · Score: 5, Funny

      Big Data Cane.. is that you?

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      *pSig = NULL;
  2. I have a brilliant crack of the Vista DRM too... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... but there is no space in the margin of this comment to write it.

  3. Post the details on MySpace by DBCubix · · Score: 5, Funny

    and then ask Network Solutions to suspend their domain. It works on GoDaddy domains.

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  4. Re:I'll do it... by robably · · Score: 5, Funny

    The DMCA doesn't have arms, it has tentacles. Horrible, oozing, pus-filled tentacles.

  5. Norwegians, I'm ashamed of you by Weaselmancer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Someone in America cracked this first.

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    Weaselmancer
    rediculous.
    1. Re:Norwegians, I'm ashamed of you by elrous0 · · Score: 4, Funny
      Canada isn't in America?

      -Eric

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      SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
  6. Re:Let's learn English by EvanED · · Score: 5, Funny

    Could not be more redundant.

    Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

    (Also, that "sentence" I quoted is a fragment. And you didn't capitalize "i" in the previous sentence, which is actually a run-on.)

  7. Re:Moving to Redmond? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    From Alex's website -

    "He is currently studying at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, and is in his first year of obtaining a bachelor's degree in Software Engineering. He is also a Microsoft Student Ambassador and is representing the company on campus as a Technical Rep."

    Uh oh.

  8. Details? by Jotii · · Score: 5, Funny

    he claims to be currently looking into the details of safely releasing his details
    Can anyone explain more in detail?
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  9. Obligatory attempt at poor humor... by E-Lad · · Score: 5, Funny


    "It's time to un-PMP ze audio"

  10. Re:1st thing is to get a good lawyer by anup_at_mac · · Score: 5, Funny

    "We seem to bend over backwards for the US at this point, and for the **AA in particular....... " You mean bend over forward, right?
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  11. Re:It's all in the details. by D4rk+Fx · · Score: 5, Funny

    Grammar tip: don't use the same word three times in one sentence.
    How about 9 times, is that okay?
    Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.