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   Oliver Wendell Jones, 6 Oct 2003 @ 1:33pm

   
   

   Correct me if I'm wrong...

   But, if you can write the music file to an audio CD, can you not then immediately re-rip it from that audio CD minus any proprietary DRM?

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   Mike (profile), 6 Oct 2003 @ 1:40pm

   
   

   Re: Correct me if I'm wrong...

   Yes, you can, which is yet another way to defeat this system.
   
   However, the company that makes the DRM is claiming that the next version of their copy protection technology will wipe out this loophole by making any "burned" CDs carry the technology forward.

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   Anonymous Coward, 6 Oct 2003 @ 1:48pm

   
   

   Re: Correct me if I'm wrong...

   Mike,
   Evidently copy protection is a farce.
   From blacking out the edges of CD's to holding down the shift key.
   Who cares if the next version might or might not work?
   Once again, the copy protection scheme has been quickly circumvented.
   Hooray !

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   Anonymous Coward, 7 Oct 2003 @ 11:19am

   
   

   Re: Correct me if I'm wrong...

   
   About 20 years ago I was working with on a project with a very smart guy who explained that copy protection of physically distributed digital media was inherently not possible, period. (This was in the days of floppies and Copy II PC for any one wanting a senior moment.)
   
   He said all forms of copy protection are entirely dependent on the amount of time and effort required to crack the scheme and popular and widely distributed software didn't stand a chance.
   Just too many willing co-conspirators. Plus, despite all efforts by the developer to lock every door and close every loop hole, in many cases somebody's contrarian logic would find an easy solution not even considered by the developer.
   
   As I've watch elaborate protection schemes fail time and again, I can't help but think, "Well, he's still right."

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   Anonymous coward, 7 Oct 2003 @ 1:33pm

   
   

   Shift-key patent

   Surely someone will soon have a patent on "a method of bypassing copy protection by holding down the shift key."
   
   Of course, holding down the shift key clearlly violates the DCMA. . .

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