whizkid3
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join:2002-02-21
Queens, NY | reply to peggypwr1
Re: Can't Copy Protected CDs still be cracked?
quote:
Copy-Protection on cd's has been a lost cause so far...such as holding shift when you insert the cd.
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kw
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join:2004-06-12
| said by whizkid3  : quote:
Copy-Protection on cd's has been a lost cause so far...such as holding shift when you insert the cd.
??? Like a previous poster said, you have to reply on the Windows Autorun feature to work in order to execute the copy protection. Holding shift while inserting the cd tells Windows not to autorun. |
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Doctor Four
My other vehicle is a TARDIS
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join:2000-09-05
Dallas, TX
 ·AT&T U-Verse
| reply to whizkid3
said by whizkid3 : quote:
Copy-Protection on cd's has been a lost cause so far...such as holding shift when you insert the cd.
??? That is SunnComm's Mediamax copy protection scheme. That
was cracked by a Princeton University student, IIRC, and
SunnComm fired off a C&D notice at him, claiming the loss
of $10 million over it. They backed down from their legal
threat after an overwhelming amount of negative publicity.
The latest scheme relies on autoplay being turned on to
install a hidden DRM driver that supposedly interferes
with CD ripping software. But it, like the previous ones,
won't load (and programs like CDex can just ignore the
data track) if it is turned off.
DRM and all forms of copy protection are snake oil. There
hasn't been one that hasn't gotten cracked yet. If it can
be heard or seen, it can be copied.
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"Kayura or Badamon, whichever you are, you should know that I will never give up this battle. By the will of the Ancient, I shall succeed!" - Shuten (Anubis) from the Ronin Warriors.To RIAA/MPAA - You can sue but you can't catch everyone! |
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
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join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
 ·Comcast
| "DRM and all forms of copy protection are snake oil. There
hasn't been one that hasn't gotten cracked yet. If it can
be heard or seen, it can be copied."
So true!  Lets just say, I can copy any CD or DVD made*. I might have to copy the "Copy Protection" along with it... but I will have a copy of the original. 
*Disclaimer: Only for Legal Backup purposes. |
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koolman2
Premium
join:2002-10-01
Anchorage, AK
·GCI.net
| said by dadkins :*Disclaimer: Only for Legal Backup purposes. Oh, I'm pretty sure that you could illegally copy a CD or DVD if you felt like it...
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
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join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
·Comcast
1 edit | 
I have more than what is shown here... |
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koolman2
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join:2002-10-01
Anchorage, AK | Sure.... |
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badboy54166
join:2002-08-25
Shawano, WI | DVD Decrypter works lovely |
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koolman2
Premium
join:2002-10-01
Anchorage, AK
·GCI.net
| reply to badboy54166
said by badboy54166 :DVD Decrypter works lovely Yes, it does. Too bad it's been shut down... 
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antiserious
The Future ain't what it used to be
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join:2001-12-12
Scranton, PA
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... the reports of DVD Decrypter's demise have been greatly exxagerated ... »www.dvddecrypter.r8.org/ ...
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B
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join:2000-10-28 | Is that really Lightning UK? He lost "his programmers"? He's not a programmer?
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antiserious
The Future ain't what it used to be
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join:2001-12-12
Scranton, PA |
... all I know is what I read, sorry ... seems he's battered but not beaten ...
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koolman2
Premium
join:2002-10-01
Anchorage, AK | reply to antiserious
Nope, that's a fake site by someone trying to get donations. DVD Decrypter is gone, sorry. |
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Batlad
@golden.net
| reply to whizkid3
She's referring to a hair brained copy protection scheme someone tried to introduce a year or two back that relied on Windows "autoplay" feature to install a piece of malware on your computer. That was supposed to prevent you from copying the CD on that computer, but it basically fell apart if you disabled autoplay by holding down shift while loading the CD, or if you used another operating system like Linux. Not to mention that if it relied on someone being stupid enough to click "yes" to installing the "CD-ROM Special features" because installing it "stealthily" would be prosecutable.
Even the pop news guys got into the act of saying how incredibly stupid it was. |
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