Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 13 Mar 2001 18:01:01 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 13 Mar 2001 18:00:52 -0500 Received: from zooty.lancs.ac.uk ([148.88.16.231]:31474 "EHLO zooty.lancs.ac.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 13 Mar 2001 18:00:34 -0500 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: In-Reply-To: <3AAE778B.8418D1E9@cypress.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 22:59:18 +0000 To: "James A. Sutherland" , Thomas Dodd From: Jonathan Morton Subject: Re: new generic content schemes popping up everywhere... Cc: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >Indeed. The whole concept is fatally flawed; probably the biggest >challenge facing a cracker attacking this system is choosing which of the >many avenues to start with :-) > >1. The drivers. I really like displaying audio and video via my hard >drive, so I use drivers which do that... Or you could take the hardware approach. Hmm, this 8-bit microcontroller on an ISA card looks *just* like a SoundBlaster AWE32, but it's got a 2.5" HD attached to it. And this custom piece of hardware which I just plugged into my DVI port is a perfect video-capture device, complete with a FireWire interface which I can stream into an ordinary Macintosh, or digital camcorder. Combine the two and you can brute-force your way out of any copy-protection system under the sun which is intended to run on a consumer-level PC. Sorry, but these people make me laugh. The small-time pirate can simply copy analogue-to-analogue - it'll be slightly off quality but more than good enough for the average Joe (look at the number of low-grade 128kbps MP3s out there). The big-time pirate can *always* get hold of enough exotic hardware and/or hackery to get around the "protection schemes". Who loses out? The ordinary consumer who's paid their $$$ like a good citizen. Strange that I haven't made much use of the DVD capability on my PowerBook. -------------------------------------------------------------- from: Jonathan "Chromatix" Morton mail: chromi@cyberspace.org (not for attachments) big-mail: chromatix@penguinpowered.com uni-mail: j.d.morton@lancaster.ac.uk The key to knowledge is not to rely on people to teach you it. Get VNC Server for Macintosh from http://www.chromatix.uklinux.net/vnc/ -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version 3.12 GCS$/E/S dpu(!) s:- a20 C+++ UL++ P L+++ E W+ N- o? K? w--- O-- M++$ V? PS PE- Y+ PGP++ t- 5- X- R !tv b++ DI+++ D G e+ h+ r++ y+(*) -----END GEEK CODE BLOCK----- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/