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RE: [dvd-discuss] Is a felt-tip pen a circumvention device?

Life as metaphor.....Copy protection is one big ZERO!




Richard Hartman <hartman@onetouch.com>
Sent by: owner-dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu
05/21/2002 10:04 AM
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If you make a ring around the outside of the CD you are
essentially writing a big '0', thereby setting the protection
flag to off...

-- 
-Richard M. Hartman
hartman@onetouch.com

186,000 mi./sec ... not just a good idea, it's the LAW!


> -----Original Message-----
> From: microlenz@earthlink.net [mailto:microlenz@earthlink.net]
> Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 7:45 PM
> To: dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu
> Subject: RE: [dvd-discuss] Is a felt-tip pen a circumvention device?
> 
> 
> OK instead of using the marker as a broad brush to cover over 
> the section of 
> the CD, use "1" and "0" that will make it digital. Get some 
> nice old lady to 
> post the instructions to the internet and we might have a 
> good case ;-)
> 
> On 20 May 2002 at 14:13, Richard Hartman wrote:
> 
> From:                          Richard Hartman <hartman@onetouch.com>
> To:                            "'dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu'" <dvd-
> discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu>
> Subject:                       RE: [dvd-discuss] Is a felt-tip pen a 
> circumvention device?
> Date sent:                     Mon, 20 May 2002 14:13:15 -0700
> Send reply to:                 dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu
> 
> > does the bypass mechanism have to be digital, or only
> > the protection mechanism?  if the latter, we've got a
> > dilly of a case to push through the courts ... who can
> > file a DMCA violation?  do you have to be one of the
> > aggrieved parties, or can you just tip off the feds
> > that the magic marker company is manufacturing DMCA
> > bypass devices ?
> > 
> > -- 
> > -Richard M. Hartman
> > hartman@onetouch.com
> > 
> > 186,000 mi./sec ... not just a good idea, it's the LAW!
> > 
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Michael A Rolenz [mailto:Michael.A.Rolenz@aero.org]
> > > Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 1:30 PM
> > > To: dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu
> > > Subject: Re: [dvd-discuss] Is a felt-tip pen a 
> circumvention device?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > hehe....add sharpie markers to the list of banned 
> > > objects...get them while 
> > > you still can.......I guess this one may hinge upon the 
> > > interpretation of 
> > > an "effective" access control.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > "James S. Tyre" <jstyre@jstyre.com>
> > > Sent by: owner-dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu
> > > 05/20/2002 01:19 PM
> > > Please respond to dvd-discuss
> > > 
> > > 
> > >         To:     dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu
> > >         cc: 
> > >         Subject:        [dvd-discuss] Is a felt-tip pen a 
> > > circumvention device?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > "Copy-proof" CDs cracked with 99-cent marker pen
> > > http://digitalmass.boston.com/news/2002/05/20/copy_proof_cds.html
> > > 
> > > 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.
> > > 
> > > Internet newsgroups have been circulating news of the 
> > > discovery for the 
> > > past
> > > week, and in typical newsgroup style, users have 
> pilloried Sony for
> > > deploying "hi-tech" copy protection that can be defeated by 
> > > paying a visit
> > > to a stationery store.
> > > 
> > > "I wonder what type of copy protection will come next?" 
> one posting on
> > > alt.music.prince read. "Maybe they'll ban markers."
> > > 
> > > Sony did not immediately return calls seeking comment.
> > > 
> > > Major music labels, including Sony and Universal Music, have 
> > > begun selling
> > > the "copy-proof" discs as a means of tackling the rampant 
> > > spread of music
> > > piracy, which they claim is eating into sales.
> > > 
> > > The new technology aims to prevent consumers from copying, or 
> > > "burning,"
> > > music onto recordable CDs or onto their computer hard drives, 
> > > which can 
> > > then
> > > be shared with other users over file-sharing Internet 
> > > services such as 
> > > Kazaa
> > > or Morpheus MusicCity.
> > > 
> > > SONY AGGRESSIVE ANTI-PIRACY PUSH
> > > 
> > > On Monday, Reuters obtained an ordinary copy of Celine 
> Dion's newest 
> > > release
> > > "A New Day Has Come," which comes embedded with Sony's "Key2Audio"
> > > technology.
> > > 
> > > After an initial attempt to play the disc on a PC resulted in 
> > > failure, the
> > > edge of the shiny side of the disc was blackened out with 
> a felt tip 
> > > marker.
> > > The second attempt with the marked-up CD played and copied to 
> > > the hard 
> > > drive
> > > without a hitch.
> > > 
> > > Internet postings claim that tape or even a sticky note can 
> > > also be used 
> > > to
> > > cover the security track, typically located on the outer rim 
> > > of the disc.
> > > And there are suggestions that copy protection schemes used 
> > > by other music
> > > labels can also be circumvented in a similar way.
> > > 
> > > Sony's proprietary technology, deployed on many recent 
> > > releases, works by
> > > adding a track to the copy-protected disc that contains 
> bogus data.
> > > 
> > > Because computer hard drives are programmed to read data 
> > > files first, the
> > > computer will continuously try to play the bogus track first. 
> > > It never 
> > > gets
> > > to play the music tracks located elsewhere on the compact disc.
> > > 
> > > The effect is that the copy-protected disc will play on 
> standard CD 
> > > players
> > > but not on computer CD-Rom drives, some portable devices and 
> > > even some car
> > > stereo systems.
> > > 
> > > Some Apple Macintosh users have reported that playing the 
> disc in the
> > > computer's CD drive causes the computer to crash. The cover of the
> > > copy-protected discs contain a warning that the album 
> will not play on
> > > Macintoshes or other personal computers.
> > > 
> > > Sony Music Europe has taken the most aggressive anti-piracy 
> > > stance in the
> > > business. Since last fall, the label has shipped more 
> than 11 million
> > > copy-protected discs in Europe, with the largest 
> proportion going to
> > > Germany, a market label executives claim is rife with illegal 
> > > CD-burning.
> > > 
> > > 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > James S. Tyre 
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> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
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