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'DVD Jon' Cracks Google Video Viewer a Day After Release
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| 30 JUNE 2005
| Ryan
Posted on 07/02/2005 6:12:25 AM PDT by rdb3
| 'DVD Jon' Cracks Google Video Viewer a Day After Release |
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| Contributed by Ryan |
| Thursday, 30 June 2005 |
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The Norwegian programmer - famous for cracking the copy protection on DVDs - modified Google's Video Viewer and made the code available only a day after the search giant released the product to the public.
 On Monday, Google announced the availability of their Video Viewer software as a component of their new Web-based video search service. The video search allows users to enter keywords and find results from a database of videos from numerous sources. Consumers must use Google's Video Viewer software in order to watch the videos and the company restricted the player to only display video from their servers.
Jon Johansen posted his modified code of Google's Video Viewer - based on the open-source VLC player - on his site Tuesday that removes the restriction. Users of his modified program can use the Video Viewer to watch videos not found in Google's database.
John Johansen was nicknamed DVD Jon after breaking the copy protection on DVDs and is also known for reverse engineering Apple's iTunes music software.
Google confirmed yesterday that Johansen's Video Viewer modification would not compromise Google's servers. "This modification of Google's open-source video viewer does not compromise the integrity and security of content available from Google Video in any way," the search company said in a statement.
The company advised users not to install Johansen's version of the Video Viewer, "It could result in security vulnerabilities on their computer and may disrupt their computer's ability to access Google Video."
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Technical
KEYWORDS: google; os; reverseengineering
"This modification of Google's open-source video viewer does not compromise the integrity and security of content available from Google Video in any way," the search company said in a statement.Mmmm, hmmm...
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posted on
07/02/2005 6:12:26 AM PDT
by
rdb3
To: rdb3
Google's joking, right? Hollywood is mad as hell at them for being caught flat-footed by a geek again!
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
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posted on
07/02/2005 6:16:29 AM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: rdb3
"This modification of Google's open-source video viewer does not compromise the integrity and security of content available from Google Video in any way," the search company said in a statement, "but it does make us look like a bunch of dumbasses...yes, even worse than Microsoft."
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posted on
07/02/2005 6:17:18 AM PDT
by
Petronski
(BRABANTIO: Thou art a villain! ---- IAGO: You are--a senator.)
To: goldstategop
Google's joking, right? Hollywood is mad as hell at them for being caught flat-footed by a geek again! They will continue to be caught flat-footed because their business model no longer works. Once copy-protected DVDs and music files are compromised on the next Windows release, the game will be over once and for all.
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posted on
07/02/2005 6:19:50 AM PDT
by
rdb3
(What you want? Morning sickness or sickness from mourning? --Nick Cannon)
To: Petronski
"Hey," a highly-placed company rep said privately, "at least we're not as idiotic as those little pricks at Real Networks."
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posted on
07/02/2005 6:19:54 AM PDT
by
Petronski
(BRABANTIO: Thou art a villain! ---- IAGO: You are--a senator.)
To: Petronski
"Hey," a highly-placed company rep said privately, "at least we're not as idiotic as those little pricks at Real Networks." Now that's a riot!
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posted on
07/02/2005 6:21:41 AM PDT
by
rdb3
(What you want? Morning sickness or sickness from mourning? --Nick Cannon)
To: rdb3
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posted on
07/02/2005 6:25:24 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("I am saying that the government's complicity is dishonest and disingenuous." ~NCSteve)
To: rdb3
"The company advised users not to install Johansen's version of the Video Viewer, "It could result in security vulnerabilities on their computer and may disrupt their computer's ability to access Google Video."
... and it COULD bring your computer to life and it COULD then eat your cat ...
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posted on
07/02/2005 6:27:33 AM PDT
by
RS
(Just because they are out to get him, it doesn't mean he's not guilty.)
To: rdb3
The company advised users not to install Johansen's version of the Video Viewer, "It could result in security vulnerabilities on their computer and may disrupt their computer's ability to access Google Video."That won't stop anybody.
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posted on
07/02/2005 6:49:04 AM PDT
by
BigSkyFreeper
(Whop-bobaloobop a WHOP BAM BOOM!!)
To: rdb3
Jon Johansen posted his modified code of Google's Video Viewer - based on the open-source VLC player - on his site Tuesday that removes the restriction.Well, there ya go... they made it easy on him. Had they gone with a closed-source player, perhaps it might have taken him maybe another day or so. ;-)
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posted on
07/02/2005 7:04:28 AM PDT
by
TechJunkYard
(my other PC is a 9406)
To: TechJunkYard
...perhaps it might have taken him maybe another day or so. ;-)By George, I think you're right.
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posted on
07/02/2005 7:32:40 AM PDT
by
rdb3
(What you want? Morning sickness or sickness from mourning? --Nick Cannon)
To: rdb3
... only a day ...
ARE OH EFF ELL!!!
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posted on
07/02/2005 7:36:52 AM PDT
by
MarineBrat
(We are taxed twice as much by our idleness. -- Benjamin Franklin)
To: Petronski
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posted on
07/02/2005 7:40:02 AM PDT
by
Abogado
(Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscripti catapultas habebunt)
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