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From: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Wed, 03 Nov 1999 14:53:06 -0500
Date: Wed, 03 Nov 1999 10:56:39 -0800 From: "Marc Schuette" <schmar () consolidatedsupply com> Organization: Consolidated Supply Co. X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en To: David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu> Subject: dvd encryption cracked X-SLUIDL: D0CC3D6A-828911D3-BC740060-972F59C9 link to Wired article titled "Why the DVD Hack Was a Cinch" - maybe industries should come up with better/easier/cheaper methods of payment instead of wasting time and energy on copy protection. i remember microsoft secure delivery was cracked soon after it was released and i would lay money that anything the music industry comes up with will have the same fate. http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,32263,00.htmlWhy the DVD Hack Was a Cinch by Andy Patrizio 2:15 p.m. 2.Nov.1999 PST The anonymous developers of the decryption program that removes DVD copy protection had an easy time doing it, thanks to a gaffe by a software developer and the surprising weakness of the encryption technology....
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