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CD Copy Protection circumvented

  • 09-10-2003 12:48pm
    #1
    Lemming
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,148 ✭✭✭✭


    From Wired.com
    A Princeton graduate student said Monday that he has figured out a way to defeat new software intended to keep music CDs from being copied on a computer: Press the Shift key.

    In a paper posted on his website late Monday, John Halderman said the MediaMax CD3 software developed by SunnComm Technologies could be defeated on computers running the Windows operating system by holding down the Shift key, disabling a Windows feature that automatically launches the encryption software on the disc.

    oh the mockery!! ;)
    All that money ... and for this


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  • #2
    irishgeo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,519 ✭✭✭irishgeo


    Originally posted by Lemming
    From Wired.com


    oh the mockery!! ;)
    All that money ... and for this

    They be scrapping egg of their faces for years.


  • #3
    BigEejit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,739 ✭✭✭BigEejit


    yeah, I read that yesterday ...tis gas, what passes for security is laughable ... but no doubt it will catch some people, disgusting DRM ....


  • #4
    scojones
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,230 ✭✭✭scojones


    All we need is a way to do this in Linux.


  • #5
    Yavvy
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    Originally posted by sjones
    All we need is a way to do this in Linux.

    Computers running Linux and older versions of the Mac operating system are unable to run the software and are able to copy the disc freely, he said.


  • #6
    Red Alert
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 7,486 ✭✭✭Red Alert


    If i remember correctly from my Windows days, can you not call up CTRL-ALT-DELETE on Win 98 or the Task Manager on Windows NT and terminate any application you want?


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  • #7
    MrPinK
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    And now, you guessed it, SunnComm Technologies are tying to sue the guy

    Story here


  • #8
    dod
    Closed Accounts Posts: 801 ✭✭✭dod


    Originally posted by MrPinK
    And now, you guessed it, SunnComm Technologies are tying to sue the guy

    Story here

    Disgraceful.
    I'd say they're trying to cost him more money than he can spend to defend himself legally. Hope everyone rallies behind him and pledges to cover whatever funding he may require to finance his defence.
    I reckon it's just the company lashing out - sure to bring more bad publicity to themselves, silly buggers.


  • #9
    eoinm1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 627 ✭✭✭eoinm1


    Hi

    I am running Win 98 with an old 2 speed HP cd rw and all i do is select the first cd session.

    This works for me


    Eóin


  • #10
    tman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,339 ✭✭✭✭tman


    iirc holding shift won't work in xp, that has something to do with "sticky keys" instead.
    i guess disabling autoplay would have the same effect:rolleyes:
    or putting in the cd while the pc is booting
    how the fup are they going to sue someone for finding such an easy way around it???
    i could've found that ffs


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