DeCSS Hacker in more shit

[kree]

Way back in 1977 I had to record off of the radio!

Hey, hey. Back in 1977 I was just getting use to the new world that I was introduced to. :) Just curious, were you recording to 8 track or vinyl? :D

[jesse]

they had magnetic tape back then dude.

[kree]

Oh, I see. Well on a side note I see that "DVD Jon" was aquitted on his last set of charges. I got this off of tech live.

[astcell]

Hey, hey. Back in 1977 I was just getting use to the new world that I was introduced to. :) Just curious, were you recording to 8 track or vinyl? :D

Actually I did have an 8-track recorder. but when it switched racks you lost a few seconds of song. I was nice to skip across 4 songs with a click-click-click of the switch. Can't do that with a CD. :D

Used cassette most of the time too. Think I still have some. Talk about a time machine.

[kree]

Actually I did have an 8-track recorder. but when it switched racks you lost a few seconds of song. I was nice to skip across 4 songs with a click-click-click of the switch. Can't do that with a CD. :D

Used cassette most of the time too. Think I still have some. Talk about a time machine.

I have an 8 track player along with quite a few 8 tracks including a copy of saturday night fever. Wasn't aware of 8 track recorders though.

[jesse]

according to slashdot, DVD hacker Jon Johansen has been cleared of all charges today, meaning no more trials or appeals:

http://pub.tv2.no/nettavisen/it/article169585.ece

[kree]

according to slashdot, DVD hacker Jon Johansen has been cleared of all charges today, meaning no more trials or appeals:

http://pub.tv2.no/nettavisen/it/article169585.ece

Well concidering that I dont understand the language that article is written in, I am still glad that its over with.

[renderman]

Out of the frying pan, and into the fire:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/34712.html

Norwegian programmer Jon Lech Johansen, who broke the DVD encryption scheme, has opened iTunes locked music a tad further, by allowing people to play songs they've purchased on iTunes Music Store on their GNU/Linux computers.

"We're about to find out what Apple really thinks about Fair Use," Johansen told The Register via email.

Johansen cracked iTunes DRM scheme in November by releasing code for a small Windows program that dumps the stream to disk in raw AAC format. This raw format required some trivial additions to convert it to an MP4 file that could be played on any capable computer.

But in the best Apple ease-of-use tradition, Johansen has now made this completely seamless, integrating it with the VideoLAN streaming free software project.

[bascule]

DRM is an inherently flawed concept. At some point the unencrypted data will need to be passed through DACs in order to be transformed into analog mediums which are useful to humans, and at that point it can always be snooped and recorded in digital form prior to an analog conversion. Unfortunately, the RIAA/MPAA don't seem to comprehend this.

[Xodia]

Unfortunately, the RIAA/MPAA don't seem to comprehend this.

Or Do they? *dramatic music*