[vox] [cliebow@downeast.net: [K12OSN] sony drm]

[Bill Kendrick <nbsMAPS@sonic.net>]

The URL to the newsarticle seems to have been mis-pasted ;)
but a little snippet of the article is there.  DRM is a riot, sometimes. ;)

-bill!
off to ROT13 some stuff so hax0rs can't r33d it

----- Forwarded message from cliebow -----

Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 03:22:18 GMT
From: cliebow
Subject: [K12OSN] sony drm
To: "Support list for opensource software in schools." <k12osn@redhat.com>

sysctl net.inet6.ip6.v6only=0
Sony BMG Music's controversial copy-protection scheme can be defeated with
a small piece of tape, a research firm said Monday in a demonstration of
the futility of digital rights management (DRM).

According to Gartner analysts Martin Reynolds and Mike McGuire, Sony's XCP
technology is stymied by sticking a fingernail-size piece of opaque tape on
the outer edge of the CD.

That, the pair said in a brief posted online, renders "session 2 -- which
contains the self-loading DRM software — unreadable. The PC then treats the
CD as an ordinary single-session music CD, and the commonly used CD 'rip'
programs continue to work as usual."

----- End forwarded message -----

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-bill!
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