User: brain159

Re:We need to fight back with publicity

On: MPAA Head Valenti on DVD "Hackers"

If your OS supports it, Print Screen To Clipboard (or whatever screengrab method you like), OCR the image file and voila, non-encrypted text file :o)

Re:Copy protection from CD's

On: BMG's New Copy-Protected Audio CDs

heck that's just fine by me, but such a well engineered scheme could be overcome in a number of ways:

• Use variable bitrate encoding, or don't, depending on which one causes problems
• Use an encoder which lets you use unusual encoding modes
• Use minidisc instead :o)

a UK-based 'metoo'

On: MPAA Sending Out DMCA Demand Letters

Just a quick "me-too" to wave my behind in the faces of these stupid American lawyers whilst going "neener neener neener can't catch me!".

Generic DeCSS mirror www.bbx.org.uk/dvd - also has "50 things to do with the DeCSS source".

Thinks: maybe the DeCSS source is small enough to "store" in the data of ICMP Ping packets and so have it stored on both many and no systems at once...

concept's been and gone...

On: Gigabyte Modems over Electric Lines

One of the power companies here in the UK tried this (albeit at a lower data rate IIRC) and all was going well until it was discovered that street lighting was for some wierd reason producing odd radio interferance which effectively jammed the frequencies used by the ambulance service... Its never been seen since. With any luck, ntl will roll out digital cable TV (and its associated bidirectional cable modem service) soon!

hurrah for cybersquatters!

On: $7.5m for Domain Name

Cybersquatting. Is it evil? Where's the boundary? Whose laws apply?

Your guess is probably better than mine