Microsoft DRM cracked

[totalcommand]

Microsoft DRM got pwned.

If you have a valid license for a WMV file, you can strip the copy protection from the file using some program written by a Japanese dude.

I can't provide a link...but google is your friend.

😀

edit: I lied. Here's a link from the respected doom9.org: http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=89243

 

[notfred]

And just in case anyone didn't know, you can do the same thing with iTunes music files using JHymn.

 

[Queasy]

Isn't this the second time or so it's been cracked?

 

[totalcommand]

Originally posted by: Queasy
Isn't this the second time or so it's been cracked?

Yep, Microsoft patched the first hole, but they haven't patched this one yet....

 

[UNCjigga]

Hmm, what to do with all that free music I get from my Napster Premium subscription? Hmm...

 

[totalcommand]

Oh yeah, the big part of this is that it works for video files. But I guess it would work for WMA files too.

The proggy apparently works by using a debugger to run Windows Media Player, and monitoring what WMP does. When some encryption key is sent to WMP to decode the file, the debugger steals it and records it. Then, using that key, another program decrypts the WMV to strip the copy protection.

 

[RagingBITCH]

Sweet

 

[Drakkon]

according to all the google sites this is old news and no longer works...at least the ones i could find 🙁

 

[flxnimprtmscl]

Originally posted by: Drakkon
according to all the google sites this is old news and no longer works...at least the ones i could find 🙁

🙁

 

[totalcommand]

Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl

Originally posted by: Drakkon
according to all the google sites this is old news and no longer works...at least the ones i could find 🙁

🙁

😛 they are wrong.

I guess there's no hurt with a link:

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=89243

 

[Spike]

Time to sign up for napster... 😉

-spike

 

[her209]

Pwned!

 

[0roo0roo]

good, if u pay for something they should just lay off.

 

[Twista]

yes, now i can watch the porn videos i coudlnt watch before! YESSSSSSSSSS

 

[Mr Bob]

Anyone here test the software out? I have about 8,000 songs needing to be converted.

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
good, if u pay for something they should just lay off.

Don't you know its standard for them to treat everyone as if they're a criminal thereby creating "elaborate" and expensive protection schemes and rolling the costs onto the consumers?

 

[mzkhadir]

the problem is people share, when its you the only one thats suppose to use the music you pay for.

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: mzkhadir
the problem is people share, when its you the only one thats suppose to use the music you pay for.

So does this mean that when I buy a CD/DVD, other people can't listen/watch it?

 

[totalcommand]

Originally posted by: Mr Bob
Anyone here test the software out? I have about 8,000 songs needing to be converted.

i believe it works for wmVideos. i don't know for audio, but it should work.

 

[JackBurton]

Originally posted by: notfred
And just in case anyone didn't know, you can do the same thing with iTunes music files using JHymn.

That's great! 🙂

DRM :thumbsdown:

 

[OutHouse]

I am a noob when it comes to this. somebody explain to me what the crack does.

 

[Philippine Mango]

If napster a-holes didn't include DRM+had flac audio files, I would use the service but because they don't, I will never use it. I don't want these stupid companies limiting how I use my music so I'm going to tell them to screw off.

 

[bmacd]

Originally posted by: Citrix
I am a noob when it comes to this. somebody explain to me what the crack does.

word

-=bmacd=-

 

[Heisenberg]

:thumbsdown: to DRM

:thumbsup: to breaking DRM

 

[Phoenix86]

Originally posted by: bmacd

Originally posted by: Citrix
I am a noob when it comes to this. somebody explain to me what the crack does.

word

-=bmacd=-

When you download DRM content it's copying is restricted. So say you d/l "all the mp3s to fill you portable player" you can crack that content so you can copy it anywhere you want.

DRM is anti-fair use.