First pirated HD DVD movie hits BitTorrent
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| The pirates of the world have fired another salvo in their ongoing
| war with copy protection schemes with the first release of the
| first full-resolution rip of an HD DVD movie on BitTorrent.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070115-8622.html
Locks don't work. Cope with it. They only hurt the customer (and Free
software).
Related:
AACS DRM cracked by BackupHDDVD tool?
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| Note: We're working on testing this ourselves, we'll report back
| with our findings asap.
|
| [Thanks, Max and Adam]
|
| Update: Well, it definitely does something. Click on for some
| pics and our experiences using the app.
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http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/27/aacs-drm-cracked-by-backuphddvd-tool/
Big labels are f*cked, and DRM is dead - Peter Jenner
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| Few people know the music industry better than Peter Jenner. Pink
| Floyd's first manager, who subsequently managed Syd Barrett's solo
| career, Jenner has also looked after T.Rex, The Clash, Ian Dury,
| Disposable Heroes and Billy Bragg - who he manages today. He's also
| secretary general of the International Music Managers Forum.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/03/peter_jenner/
Privately, Hollywood admits DRM isn't about piracy
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| In a nutshell: DRM's sole purpose is to maximize revenues by minimizing
| your rights so that they can sell them back to you... Like all lies,
| there comes a point when the gig is up; the ruse is busted. For the
| movie studios, it's the moment they have to admit that it's not the
| piracy that worries them, but business models which don't squeeze
| every last cent out of customers.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070115-8616.html
Microsoft's Zune Won't Play Protected Windows Media
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| This is a stark example of DRM under the DMCA giving customers a raw
| deal. Buying DRMed media means you're locked into the limited array of
| devices that vendors say you can use. You have to rebuy your preexisting
| DRMed media collection if you want to use it on the Zune. And you'll have
| to do that over and over again whenever a new, incompatible device with
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| innovative features blows existing players out of the water. Access to
| MP3s and non-DRMed formats creates the only bridge between these isolated
| islands of limited devices.
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http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cmusings/2006/09/15#a2498
iTunes DRM Inspires People to Pirate Content
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| BitTorrent Inc president and co-founder, Ashwin Navin says that iTunes'
| DRM is "a time bomb waiting to happen," and that it will inspire
| people to pirate content. The irony is that his company is about to
| launch a video store that heavily implements Microsoft?s Windows DRM.
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http://torrentfreak.com/bittorrent-inc-itunes-drm-inspires-people-to-pirate-content/
MPAA: Frustrated Consumers Will Pirate
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| The MPAA's Brad Hunt outlined some of the ways the MPAA is working
| to standardize content protection controls in the age of digital
| home networking. But he also acknowledged that piracy is the
| consumer's answer to the content industry's inability to provide
| a simple digital-rights-management solution.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20061016/tc_zd/191502
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