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"Copy-proof" CDs cracked with 99-cent marker pen
Reuters via digitalMASS.com ^ | 5/20/02 | Bernhard Warner

Posted on 05/20/2002 11:19:00 AM PDT by GeneD

Edited on 04/13/2004 2:07:48 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

LONDON, May 20

(Excerpt) Read more at digitalmass.boston.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Technical
KEYWORDS: applecomputer; celinedion; digitalcopying; key2audio; magicmarkers; piracy; sonycorporation; sonymusic
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1 posted on 05/20/2002 11:19:00 AM PDT by GeneD
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To: GeneD
ROTFLMAO ... so much for the superior technical intellect
2 posted on 05/20/2002 11:20:35 AM PDT by mgc1122
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To: GeneD
Do you know if these new CD's have a warning label that says IN BIG LETTERS, that they can't be copied.....because if not, the BEST way to defeat this is for everyone to buy a CD, the return it saying that they don't want it because they can't make a copy...
3 posted on 05/20/2002 11:21:47 AM PDT by ken5050
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To: GeneD
I love this. Thanks. It makes Monday better. :0)
4 posted on 05/20/2002 11:22:24 AM PDT by Skooz
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To: GeneD
Trust me, the executive at Sony who sold this to the brass will find himself mopping the floors tomorrow.
5 posted on 05/20/2002 11:23:39 AM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
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To: jdogbearhunter;da_toolman
Ping
6 posted on 05/20/2002 11:23:41 AM PDT by phasma proeliator
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To: GeneD
So, all a hacker has to do is change the initial default of a CD-ROM to search for Audio first, and if audio isn't found on the disk, revert to data mode. Or, enable the user to determine whether the CD-ROM should even look for data. Make the medium selectable between Data, Audio, or both (like in games).
7 posted on 05/20/2002 11:23:50 AM PDT by Hodar
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To: GeneD
"I wonder what type of copy protection will come next?" one posting on alt.music.prince read. "Maybe they'll ban markers."

Somebody in Congress is getting a donation and a phone call as we speak.

8 posted on 05/20/2002 11:24:26 AM PDT by kezekiel
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To: ken5050
You know. One of the reasons for making an archival copy is so that you can store a bunch of them on your hard drive to listen to a work without having to change out CD's all the time. These people who put on this copy protection should get a grip and just realize that no matter what they do someone will figure out a way around it.
9 posted on 05/20/2002 11:24:36 AM PDT by ColdSteelTalon
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To: GeneD
Will it work with a yellow highlighter or do I need red or black?
10 posted on 05/20/2002 11:24:47 AM PDT by Focault's Pendulum
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To: Hodar
Or simply mark a line across the data section with a marker.......
11 posted on 05/20/2002 11:25:09 AM PDT by phalynx
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To: Focault's Pendulum
Will it work with a yellow highlighter or do I need red or black?

It doesn't matter so long as you have a 99 cent marker. Do not use a $1.39 marker or an $0.89 marker, as they will not work.

12 posted on 05/20/2002 11:28:00 AM PDT by Wm Bach
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To: GeneD
Save that magic marker for the new National ID card. I wonder how much Sony spent? And how much will the federal government spend on a "tamperproof" card?
13 posted on 05/20/2002 11:30:03 AM PDT by robertpaulsen
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To: phalynx
What do you do if they interweave data sectors between songs?
14 posted on 05/20/2002 11:30:38 AM PDT by Hodar
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To: ColdSteelTalon
Actually, if they studies Econ 101 they do far better..Drop the price of a CD to $6 bucks or so, they'd sell 5 x as many, make more money,and no one would bother to copy...
15 posted on 05/20/2002 11:30:40 AM PDT by ken5050
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To: coto;alabama_wild_man
Technology bump!!
16 posted on 05/20/2002 11:31:01 AM PDT by KentuckyWoman
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To: kezekiel
"Somebody in Congress is getting a donation and a phone call as we speak."

BINGO!!

Heh...you took the very words right out of my mouth.

17 posted on 05/20/2002 11:31:08 AM PDT by IoCaster
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To: GeneD

Hey Sony!

18 posted on 05/20/2002 11:31:39 AM PDT by kezekiel
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To: GeneD
The biggest crime here is not that they defeated the technology, but that they bought a Celine Dion CD! They should be rounded up and shipped to an uninhabited island, left to fend for themselves.
19 posted on 05/20/2002 11:31:58 AM PDT by Phantom Lord
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To: Wm Bach
What if it's a $.99 marker on sale for $.89? Or a $1.29 marker on sale for $.99?

Hacking is hard.

20 posted on 05/20/2002 11:32:54 AM PDT by Skooz
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