?Copy-proof? CDs foiled by a marker ***CONFIRMED***

[apoppin]

Yes this HAS been posted before . . . but not in English.

LONDON, May 20 ? Technology buffs have cracked music publishing giant Sony Music?s elaborate disc copy-protection technology with a decidedly low-tech method: scribbling around the rim of a disk with a felt-tip marker.

 

[pulse8]

but not in English.

Does that change the discussion somehow?

 

[Spooner]

where there's security, there will be ways around it.

In all walks of life.

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: pulse8

but not in English.

Does that change the discussion somehow?

There were a lot of un answered questions in the original discussion and it has dropped off the "active discussion" list.


If you read the linked entire article you just may (possibly) learn something new . . . I did not quote it all.

And if you think my "repost" is unnecessary, please do not reply to it and let it drop to the bottom.

 

[rgwalt]

I don't care if it is a repost, the info was good. Thanks buddy.

Ryan

 

[FoBoT]

you say "***CONFIRMED***"

but has an AT'er done it yet?

how about an

***ATOT CONFIRMED***

?

 

[RossMAN]

*** REPOST #3 or so CONFIRMED ***

 

[Maetryx]

See my sig for an idea of what the original post was like.

 

[d33pt]

i sure as hell wouldn't buy an audio cd from sony music to try it though.. they can keep their copy protected cds for all i care..

 

[cthulhu]

Interesting. I thought it was funny a couple of months ago that my wife found celion dion's newest cd on kazaa even though it is supposed to be protected.
<nelson>Haaha</nelson>
Disclaimer: I am not responsible for what my wife listens to.

 

[her209]

Sony is going to come out with a label for their cds now...

"Please do not write on your cd which actually is still our cd :|"

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
*** REPOST #3 or so CONFIRMED ***

Does the locked thread in General HARDWARE count?

WARNING ***SPOILER AHEAD***

Do NOT read ahead if you want to wait for tonight's evening news!!!






This is the first time it has been ***CONFIRMED*** by a major news agancy . . .





EDIT: Also, Eminem had moved his album's release date up a week or so because of "all the illegal copies already on the Internet".

 

[TuffGuy]

repost of a repost of a repost.

 

[spanky]

maybe sony lowered the price of the ps2 to draw attention away from this

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: TuffGuy
repost of a repost of a repost.

You are missing the point completely . . . many of those posts were asking if it was "confirmed".

It is.

As per my "SUV thread", no one (here at ATOT) reads the original topic or notices any confirmation later in the thread . . . I just thought it really deserved it's own thread.

And thanks to you guys disagreeing with my opinion, it is getting lots more coverage.

 

[TuffGuy]

Originally posted by: apoppin

Originally posted by: TuffGuy
repost of a repost of a repost.

You are missing the point completely . . . many of those posts were asking if it was "confirmed".

It is.

As per my "SUV thread", no one (here at ATOT) reads the original topic or notices any confirmation later in the thread . . . I just thought it really deserved it's own thread.

And thanks to you guys disagreeing with my opinion, it is getting lots more coverage.

dude, you quoted the EXACT SAME THING that i quoted in my thread, and linked an article (msnbc) that contains the EXACT SAME STORY of the one that i linked (yahoo).

 

[apoppin]

dude, you quoted the EXACT SAME THING that i quoted in my thread, and linked an article (msnbc) that contains the EXACT SAME STORY of the one that i linked (yahoo).

Not quite exactly the same thing but I MISSED your "confirmation" link.

Sorry.

 

[MazerRackham]

Now ultra-CONFIRMED****

 

[Jarwa]

Originally posted by: MazerRackham
Now ultra-CONFIRMED****

Thanks for the article.

 

[7lords]

Just tried it with the free copy of More Fast and Furious that I got. Before the marker only my DVD-ROM could evene recognize it as a valid CD. After the marker trick, both of my CD-RW drives see it as a plain old audio CD. So someone here has now tried it.

 

[Maetryx]

Dude. To hardly seize: With a simple felt marker you outwit Sony Music & CO and notice your right to a backup copy.