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October 10th, 2003, 12:31 AM
rcgreen

more stupidness

Gotta love it. They're trying to sue the guy that exposed the
ineffectiveness of the latest CD copy protection.

Quote:

"I'm still not very worried about litigation under the DMCA, I don't think there's any case," he told Reuters. "I don't think telling people to press the 'Shift' key is a violation of the DMCA."

http://www.forbes.com/markets/bonds/...tr1105123.html

Combining "security through obscurity" with unbelievable arrogance. Any time
you reveal some undocumented tweak, some clown claims that you have
comitted a criminal act. What about all those registry hacks and customizations
we do every day?

Maybe every computer needs to be equipped with a key logger so they can
bust you for hitting the "wrong" key.
:cool:
October 10th, 2003, 12:46 AM
jm459

"Keyboards will now be consficated from all citizens. Instructions to be input orally. Be very careful with this procedure, as a wrong instruction could lead to you being reported to the authorities, and possibly imprisoned for any violation of local or national laws." The shape of things to come ?
George Orwell was'nt far wrong.
October 10th, 2003, 04:05 PM
souleman

Kinda like the guy that broke the digital watermark scheme that someplace was testing and got arrested for giving a speach about how he broke it.

Can't remember his name now.
October 10th, 2003, 05:12 PM
detector

this has gone on for too long. Hopefully a new type of anonymous chatboard will erupt with many exploits on this copyright issue that the gov can't trace. Go hackers. Boo crackers.
October 10th, 2003, 06:52 PM
souleman

Quote:

Go hackers. Boo crackers.

but but but, that makes no sence in this thread. The guy that broke the copy protection is a true cracker. He cracked the copy protection. Thats what a cracker is.
October 10th, 2003, 07:15 PM
DeadAddict

I believe his name is Edward Felten
October 10th, 2003, 10:55 PM
rcgreen

Those who developed this particular method of copy protection
are the ones who should be accused of a violation.
The CD, when played on a normal PC, performs an unauthorized
installation of software that could potentially make your system
unstable. Someone should sue them.
:cool:

By the way, here's the offending paper describing the system.

P.S. I just read that they decided not to sue.
:cool:
October 11th, 2003, 02:23 PM
maxim_86ualb2

they wont sue............
coz they know that it is pointless.........

man if they will win then all the authers of all informative books will be in Jail soon.... :p