Archive for 'drm' Category
The Pirates Can’t Be Stopped
Have a read of this long but interesting article talking about piracy, including an interview with ‘Ethan’, the hacker who broke into Media Defender.
Latest AACS crack ‘beyond revocation’
The Register gives us the latest DRM gem: “The key can be extracted after de-soldering the HD DVD drive’s firmware chip, reading its contents, and then reconnecting it. The approach bypasses the encryption performed by the Device Keys, so revoking these keys as applied by the WinDVD update. Although the latest approach involves voided warranties [...]
You Can’t Keep HD-DVD Locked Down
For those of you with a life you might not have heard that an AACS encryption key – the encryption protecting HD-DVD discs – has been discovered. The MPAA are sending cease and desist letters to sites that are sharing the key, and people don’t like it. “How can you ‘own’ a number and say [...]
Steve Jobs on DRM
Apple’s Steve Jobs talks about DRM and the joys of a world without it.
Sony, Rootkits and Digital Rights Management Gone Too Far
Mark Russinovich from Sysinternals has discovered that Sony BMG uses rootkit technology and modifies your Windows kernel to stop you copying their CDs. The rootkit cannot be uninstalled and attempts to do so will disable access to your CD player. Also, it has been noted that the software is poorly written and is the cause [...]