A Way To Break Anticopying Cds

[Mik3ll]

A student found out a way to break the anticopy locks tested on CDs by BMG.
all you have to do is hold down the shift key...

http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-5087875.html?tag=st_pop

[Mik3ll]

now they want to sue him for posting it on his website, when news.com posted it a few times

http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-5089168.html?tag=nefd_top

[james_bond_rulez]

wow takes a phd to figure that out, makes us all look dumb :blink:

[james_bond_rulez]

they can't sue him for that

in fact they should thank him for pointing that out.

ungrateful bastards.

isn't that what hackers used to do? poke around the system and tell the sys admin the security holes?

[Ariel_001]

Here is the original site site Analysis of the MediaMax CD3 Copy-Prevention System (http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~jhalderm/cd3/)


Princeton computer science student Alex Halderman has released a paper describing a one-click method to bypass the "copy protection" on the recently released Anthony Hamilton CD from BMG. "Halderman's paper illustrates exactly who's hurt by copy protections: the ordinary user, who can't move tracks to his iPod without going to KaZaA to get the music he has already paid for," said EFF Staff Attorney Wendy Seltzer. "These so-called speed bumps haven't kept songs off the peer-to-peer networks, they've only made it more difficult for the public to make fair use of music from authorized sources."

[wormless]

Princeton Ph.D. student John "Alex" Halderman published a paper on his Web site on Monday that gavedetailed instructions on how to disarm the SunnComm technology, which aims to block unauthorized CD copying and MP3 ripping. lol@tht how detailed do u have to go to press a shift key. what is it 1st u lift yr finger and gently lower it down and press the key that says shift or has an arrow on it. lol jk

[Derriz]

<<None of the manufacturers, developers, or distributor make any representation or warranty, or assumes any responsibility, with respect to the enhanced portion of this disc.>>

Printed on the back cover of the CD, they take no responsibilty on if your able to listen to the music they sold you, but we&#39;ll sue your ass if you tell people to push the shift key.

[kAb]

Lmfao :lol:

classic. just classic. :lol:

it DOES make us look like morons :rolleyes:

[Monkeee]

see we always get past by anything why do they even try.....

[Switeck]

I made a post about this kind of copyprotection without ever seeing it myself awhile back.

Thread here:
http://www.klboard.ath.cx/index.php?showtopic=73021

My conclusion wasn&#39;t much different than his -- I just assumed there&#39;d be more &#39;defensive measures&#39; on the CD than just the 1. :P

[Keikan]

They can&#39;t sue him because he didn&#39;t make breakthrough he just found it and it&#39;s just how windows works so it&#39;s windows fault

[Barbarossa]

The fact that they&#39;re trying to sue the guy just shows off their arrogance and their stupidity.

:angry: :angry:

[RealitY]

SunnComm today said the paper was "erroneous" and contains "false conclusions". On the back of said, "Halderman and Princeton University have significantly damaged SunnComm&#39;s reputation and caused the market value of SunnComm to drop by more than &#036;10 million," the company alleges.
Wow thats alot of cash...

And then there&#39;s the DMCA angle. SunnComm claims Halderman broke the law by revealing the name of the driver the app installs.
I think thats whats really pissed them off...

Start with a Windows 2000/XP system with empty CD drives.

Click the Start button and select Control Panel from the Start Menu.
Double-click on the System control panel icon.
Select the Hardware tab and click the Device Manager button.
Configure Device Manager by clicking "Show hidden devices" and "Devices by connection," both from the View menu.
Insert the Anthony Hamilton CD into the computer and allow the SunnComm software to start. If MediaMax has never been started before on the same computer, the SbcpHid driver should appear on the list for the first time. However, on some systems Windows needs to be rebooted before the driver becomes visible.
At this point you can attempt to copy tracks from the CD with applications like MusicMatch Jukebox or Windows Media Player. Copies made while the driver is active will sound badly garbled, as in this 9-second clip [10].

Next, follow these additional steps to disable MediaMax:

Select the SbcpHid driver from the Device Manager list and click "Properties" from the Action Menu.
Click the Driver tab and click the Stop button to disable the driver.
Set the Startup Type to "Disabled" using the dropdown list.

With the driver stopped, you can verify that the same applications copy every track successfully. Setting the Startup Type to disabled prevents MediaMax from restarting when the computer is rebooted. It will remain deactivated until LaunchCD.exe is allowed to run again