Simple Flaw in CD-Copy Protection System

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Princeton graduate student said on Monday that he has figured out a way to defeat new software intended to keep music CDs from being copied on a computer -- simply by pressing the Shift-key.





http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...protection_dc_6 (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20031007/en_nm/media_bmg_protection_dc_6)

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


SunnComm Technologies, a developer of CD antipiracy technology, said Thursday that it will likely sue a Princeton student who early this week showed how to evade the company's copy protection by pushing a computer's Shift key.

[EpharGy]

hehe

[ShortCutMan]

Shift key?! Hahaha, what a stupid bug!!! :D

[Spiros]

It's not a bug...

For their protection to work, some software must be run in order for their encryption scheme to work. All the student did was not Auto-run the cd once it was inserted into the computer.

Jesus, I do that all the time. I'm sick to death of inserting a cd into my computer and a popup comes up saying what I would like to do with it...

[Guest]

start -> run -> gpedit.msc

local computer policy -> computer configuration -> administrative templates -> system -> Turn off Autoplay = enabled

there is also a setting for this in the user configuration also, but if a conflict in one of the policies is detected it will refer to the computer policy rather than the user policy.