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unless they've disabled the autorun feature anyway (as I imagine many intermediate/advanced computer users would do: I cannot be alone in how much autorun pisses me off sometimes.) then they won't even notice it.In order to fully prevent the antipiracy software from loading, a listener has to hold the Shift key down for a long period of time, at exactly the right time, every time they listen to the CD on a computer. Moreover, anyone who doesn't load the software won't get access to the second session tracks, which on future CDs will increasingly include videos and other bonus material, record company insiders say.
(Lack of)Security with obscurity.DPDarkPrimus wrote:It's quite hilarious, really.
The company admitted it knew about the Shift key weakness. They did nothing about it. Were they hoping that no one would accidentally stumble upon it?
No, they also posted instructions that if it didn't run, you should install the stuff on it as well. Social engineering: those in the know will bypass it, but the majority of their users will not.DPDarkPrimus wrote:It's quite hilarious, really.
The company admitted it knew about the Shift key weakness. They did nothing about it. Were they hoping that no one would accidentally stumble upon it?
Supposedly it works on Mac OS X, though I'm not sure how. I guess the partition with the audio tracks might not show up automatically, and then users are forced to click on some shitty player to listen to the music. On Windows, it loads its own device driver to interfere with ripping. On OS X, this doesn't seem likely. That would require root authentication because the driver is a kernel extension, something that I certainly won't give to a fucking audio CD. In either case, I'd consider some CD running an arbitrary device driver to interfere with my interaction with my property to be malicious code.Pu-239 wrote:http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-5087875.html?tag=st_pop
Hehe, technically violation of DMCA. Just like felt tip markers...
Is THIS one for real then?Truth Stranger than Fiction (none / 0) (#76)
by Wah on Thu Oct 9th, 2003 at 09:52:11 PM EST
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Right action, wrong entity. It's the maker of the software that is suing.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Three days after a Princeton graduate student posted a paper on his Web site detailing how to defeat the copy-protection software on a new music CD by pressing a single computer key, the maker of the software said on Thursday it would sue him.
In a statement, SunnComm Technologies Inc. said it would sue Alex Halderman over the paper, which said SunnComm's MediaMax CD-3 software could be blocked by holding down the "Shift" key on a computer keyboard as a CD using the software was inserted into a disc drive.
Turns out there are repercussions for pointing out an emperor has no clothes.
SunnComm, which trades on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board, said it has lost more than $10 million of its market value since Halderman published his report.
Theres nothing they COULD do about it. Its a function of the OS, just like turning off Autorun to begin with.DPDarkPrimus wrote:It's quite hilarious, really.
The company admitted it knew about the Shift key weakness. They did nothing about it. Were they hoping that no one would accidentally stumble upon it?
I HATE auto load screens. I disabled mine on general principle and when I upgraded to Win XP I kept it off, just like I turned off all HTML on my Email and a few other things.namdoolb wrote:unless they've disabled the autorun feature anyway (as I imagine many intermediate/advanced computer users would do: I cannot be alone in how much autorun pisses me off sometimes.) then they won't even notice it.In order to fully prevent the antipiracy software from loading, a listener has to hold the Shift key down for a long period of time, at exactly the right time, every time they listen to the CD on a computer. Moreover, anyone who doesn't load the software won't get access to the second session tracks, which on future CDs will increasingly include videos and other bonus material, record company insiders say.
I hate autoload screens, but disabeling autorun fricks up my CD burner in XP. I have no idea why.The Yosemite Bear wrote:I HATE auto load screens. I disabled mine on general principle and when I upgraded to Win XP I kept it off, just like I turned off all HTML on my Email and a few other things.namdoolb wrote:unless they've disabled the autorun feature anyway (as I imagine many intermediate/advanced computer users would do: I cannot be alone in how much autorun pisses me off sometimes.) then they won't even notice it.In order to fully prevent the antipiracy software from loading, a listener has to hold the Shift key down for a long period of time, at exactly the right time, every time they listen to the CD on a computer. Moreover, anyone who doesn't load the software won't get access to the second session tracks, which on future CDs will increasingly include videos and other bonus material, record company insiders say.