Sony, Rootkits And Digital Rights Management
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It is crazy, and totally pointless. It only takes one person out of the 2 million people that buy any one album to share it and it's on computers in 160 different countries by the end of the day, and a hit ringtone by the weekend. With the availability of digital sampling/recording equipment that connects to your PC nowadays, DRM doesn't do squat to prevent piracy.
Ðavid Wulff Audioscrobbler :: flickr Die Freiheit spielt auf allen Geigen (video)
Yep. You know, I've always thought the whole Napster/file sharing thing was wrong, it's copyright infringement no matter how you cut it. But with this new stunt from Sony, I wouldn't have any sympathy for Sony if someone publishes this shit out there from the DRM'd discs. Serves them right for being such dolts in the first place. ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF!
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Well if I understand things correctly you don;t have to install the software - it pops up some silly EULA. The kernel patch stunt is just completely over the top though. What I don't get is that they claim that the music will play normally on a Mac, but on a PC, without the software installed it "will result in distorted sound." How can this be? This sounds like bullshit to me. If they haven't installed any software, what would "distort" the sound on PC that wouldn't on a Mac? ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF!
Most audio CD DRM techniques involve encoding the data on the disc twice. Once as normal audio tracks which play in CD players, car stereos, and Macs, and once as a data track which is read by CD-ROW drives. They could be encrypting the data on the data track and using their player to decode it correctly. (Just a guess.)
Ðavid Wulff Audioscrobbler :: flickr Die Freiheit spielt auf allen Geigen (video)
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Most audio CD DRM techniques involve encoding the data on the disc twice. Once as normal audio tracks which play in CD players, car stereos, and Macs, and once as a data track which is read by CD-ROW drives. They could be encrypting the data on the data track and using their player to decode it correctly. (Just a guess.)
Ðavid Wulff Audioscrobbler :: flickr Die Freiheit spielt auf allen Geigen (video)
But Mac's use the same CD/DVD hardware that a PC uses! So how does that work? Does the Mac OS just deal with the hardware differently? ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF!
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But Mac's use the same CD/DVD hardware that a PC uses! So how does that work? Does the Mac OS just deal with the hardware differently? ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF!
I have no idea. :)
Ðavid Wulff Audioscrobbler :: flickr Die Freiheit spielt auf allen Geigen (video)
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But Mac's use the same CD/DVD hardware that a PC uses! So how does that work? Does the Mac OS just deal with the hardware differently? ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF!
perhaps the Sony DRM is already integrated into the Mac OS????? Steve
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perhaps the Sony DRM is already integrated into the Mac OS????? Steve
Nope, definitely not. I personally think they are flat out lying, and simply hoping that people will see this in the FAQ, and assume it's true. I'm willing to bet that it's complete bullshit. ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF!
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Excellent article regarding CD copy-protection by sony posted at www.sysinternals.com. A must read! http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/10/sony-rootkits-and-digital-rights.html[^]
Ooops. :doh: http://news.com.com/Sony+to+patch+copy-protected+CD/2100-7355_3-5928608.html?tag=nefd.lede[^]
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Excellent article regarding CD copy-protection by sony posted at www.sysinternals.com. A must read! http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/10/sony-rootkits-and-digital-rights.html[^]
I've run across these CD's already. 1 - Hold the shift key down when inserting the CD. Wait until windows has gone through it's autodetect routine. or Turn off autorun. 2 - Rip and burn to your heart's content. Legal purposes only of course. -Sean ---- Shag a Lizard
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I've run across these CD's already. 1 - Hold the shift key down when inserting the CD. Wait until windows has gone through it's autodetect routine. or Turn off autorun. 2 - Rip and burn to your heart's content. Legal purposes only of course. -Sean ---- Shag a Lizard
Sean Cundiff wrote:
Legal purposes only of course.
Of course - that goes without saying :rolleyes:
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Excellent article regarding CD copy-protection by sony posted at www.sysinternals.com. A must read! http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/10/sony-rootkits-and-digital-rights.html[^]
This story has hit the mainstream as is now on the BBC News Website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4400148.stm[^]
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