[geeks] Paper Tape

[Sandwich Maker]

"From: Kevin <kevin at mpcf.com>
"
"The only ones that really have any measures to hinder
"you in doing this are commercial "silver" DVDs and even
"then it is only the encrypted ones.  You can't do
"direct disk to disk copy because the normal blank
"DVD-Rs aren't writable in the location where the
"encryption key goes, so that part does not copy over. 
"Other than that, nothing is stopping you... well
"actually size can be an issue sometimes.  DVD-5 videos
"can be copied because they are less than 5 gigs.  DVD-9
"are usually 8 or 9 gigs, well more than will fit onto a
"normal DVD-R.

the css has been cracked, and the recording industry lost their suit
against the finnish college student who did it.  the algorithm has
been published in several forms including c, perl [iirc] and a
description in haiku.

i took a sans class last fall, and they had nothing but scorn for the
css.  the whole shemozzle is a textbook example on how -not- to
develop a secure system.  the ease with which it can be cracked -
something like 25s on a 500MHz pentium - is only what they deserve.
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