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From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 13:28:17 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: "Trei, Peter" <ptrei () rsasecurity com> Date: December 20, 2004 12:42:23 PM EST To: dave () farber net Subject: RE: [IP] Copy Protection Easily Defeated With Shift Key
From: David Farber
Subject: [IP] Copy Protection Easily Defeated With Shift Key SonyBMG plans to begin the new year with a batch of freshly pressed music cds that will feature copy protection technology from First 4 Internet. First 4 Internet's technology encodes the music files with a heavy encryption that allows standard cd players to playback the music. There are also additional data files on the CD that further enhance encryption. All of which is easily bypassed by simply holding down the shift button when you load the CD into a PC. http://www.anandtech.com/news/shownews.aspx?i=23525
For IP, if you wish: Dave: Didn't we go through this a year ago with SunnComm? Peter Trei http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/10/09/sunncomm_to_sue_shift_key/ SunnComm to sue ‘Shift key’ student for $10m By Tony Smith Published Thursday 9th October 2003 20:48 GMT SunnComm has threatened Princeton PhD student Alex Halderman with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) for exposing a key weakness in the company's latest CD copy protection technology, MediaMax CD3. The company said today it will take legal action against Halderman for revealing how MediaMax CD3 can be bypassed by holding down a Windows PC's Shift key when a protected disc is inserted. ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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