MS DRM Version 2 - Cracked

As the title says: Microsoft Digital Rights Management Version 2 has been cracked. The Register has the story, including a link to a downloadable zip file which contains source code, explanation and a small DOS utility. Grab it while you can. You can also read the explanation directly here, and you can also find it with Google.

Shocking!

[Smuffe]

A Microsoft security hole?
Anonymous M$ exec1: We're hacked? Again?
M$ techie: No, we're not hacked. The MDRM v2 is hacked. We... (is interrupted)
Anonymous M$ exec2: We're hacked! Didn't the hacker read our last bulletin on that? It's wrong to post exploits we don't know about. It's almost against the law! Or rather, it should be!
Anonymous M$ exec1:Good idea. I'll give our lawyers a call! I'm sure its in the DCMA somewhere. Thats why we invented it, remember?

/Smuffe

Nice timing

[CaseyB]

including a link to a downloadable zip file which contains source code, explanation and a small DOS utility.

What a wonderfully timed response to Microsoft's recent complaint about releasing sample code [slashdot.org]!

RTFPPINZ !

[kc0dby]

PPINZ you ask? Philosophy Paper In The Zip. Pretty good read, if you ask me. An Excerpt- Making a copy of an item doesn't in any way remove that item from the original possessor, so "theft" is clearly an inaccurate terminology. However, the publishers' insistence on using that word, and the public's acceptance of it, means that a much more negative light is cast on an action that, while wrong, is nowhere near the severity of a true "theft." After reading this I feel I owe the world an apology. Dear World. I am profoundly sorry for 'stealing' all that music. I am not a selfish person, but apparently I am an ignorant one. Here, all this time I thought I was copying all that music, not moving it. And to think, all those songs I have on my hard drive are no longer held by the publishers and radio stations. I was beginning to wonder if the worlds tastes were suddenly changing, as all I heard were boy bands and implanted teenage girls on the radio. Now, I come to find, that I am the reason for this trend. All the good songs are on my hard drive, and this is all the publishers had left. They even went to the extent of "manufacturing" artists to compensate for all those I have stolen from them. For this as well, I apologize. I know this music sucks, and nobody should have to listen to it, but in my ignorance I thought the old standbys would remain, even if I downloaded them. And to think of the moral implications of downloading the music of deceased artists. Never again will these songs be heard! I will be burning all of these songs to CDR and mailing them to the RIAA, so that we may have the beautiful music of our culture again. Sorry O-town, I have a feeling you'll be the first to go.

Another Addition to the Collection

[derrickh]

I'll put this in the same folder as DeCSS. I wonder how much money it cost to develop MSdrm? All that cash...wasted.Buahahahaha

D

Re:Nice

[32xts]

Until Sweden finds itself wanting more McDonalds and Brittany Spears CDs.

They have Meatballs & Abba, why would they want the alternatives?

Re:to no end

[sydb]

So, I encourage, nay I *challenge* each and every one of you who would boycott MS or the RIAA to pick up a local newspaper and see what's going on in y our town this weekend. Chances are, there's a band or two actually worth checking out, and hey, it's not like you're going to meet chicks sitting behind your monitor.

Chicks, take this as a warning: stay home this weekend.

Re:irresponsible

[Dimensio]

You have a good point about the suggestion to grab the DRM cracking utilities [iglou.com], though I disagree with your sentiments that violating MicroSoft's copyright is somehow justifiable. Microsoft's engineers worked hard to create an effective system for helping large corporations control their copyrights and here some anonymous hacker has broken [iglou.com] all of their hard work and rendered the fruits of their money and efforts worthless, all in a single package [iglou.com] that you can download here [iglou.com]. Slashdotters, you should be ashamed that you are being encouraged to download this file [iglou.com] and HeUnique should be ashamed for suggesting that people grab this file [iglou.com].

Cries of "fair use" do not render valid laws and copyrights obsolete. Just because DRM is easily circumvented [iglou.com] is no excuse to ignore Microsoft's intellectual property [iglou.com].

What's all the fuss about?

[WildBeast]

I cracked the thing the first time I used it. I don't know about other versions but with Windows Media Player 8, the first time you start copying a CD to WMA it'll ask you if you want to use the Digital Rights Management and explains what the whole thing is. I simply answered NO.

Sometimes you people are too complicated.

Re:Shocking!

[cybercuzco]

I'm sure its in the DCMA somewhere. Thats why we invented it, remember?

microsoft didnt invent the DMCA, that would have actually required INNOVATION. The music and movie industries invented it, MS is just embracing and extending.

Re:When will they learn?!?

[Slak]

As Thomas Jefferson said, "The price of Copy Protection Schemes is eternal vigilence and endless lawsuits."

Regards,
Slak

Re:Shocking!

[Anonymous Coward]

Slashdot retard #1: I need to some karma!
Retard #2: I know! Post a stupid, contrived dialog to illustrate a simple point of view that could be otherwise expressed in two to three words!
Slashdot retard #1: Great idea! But won't people see right through that?
Retard #2: Are you kidding? Those stupid monkeys they have moderating would give a +1 Funny to Satan himself if he made light of Microsoft in dialog form.
Slashdot retard #1: Thank man, you're a genious!
Retard #2: I really wouldn't go that far.

MSDRM sounds like the work of...

[Kamel Jockey]

This kid we had interning with us for a few months. Said using MS Visual C++'s built in RSA encyrption schemes was "too hard" so he thought he could go and write "something better" in 3 hours. :)

I'm just gonna stick with Windows 98 First Edition for now hehehehe

Re:Open Source DRM? Shareware Music?

[alen]

THis is the wrong place to argue this point. Slashdotters only want free stuff. If it costs anything they will try to find a way to get is for free. They don't care about you as an artist. To them, you should be thankful that they listen to your music. If they pity you enough they'll send in a few dollars through that website that takes contributions for starving artists and musicians.

As an artist you don't need money. You're doing this for the love of music. All the kids who dream of being rich rock stars aren't real musicians. Real musicians starve. Besides the music isn't yours. Once you burn a CD and sell it, it's theirs. They can buy one CD from you and share is with 10,000 of their closest friends over the internet. If you're lucky you'll sell it to enough people to pay back the cost of the PC and the CD burner. Then you'll have to worry about the rent, food and musical instruments.

Microsoft

[James Foster]

Mean
Insolent
Crude
Rotten
Ordinary
Stupid
Offensive
Fascist
Tragedy

Excellent!

[sulli]

Now I can listen to WMAs!

Oh, wait, I don't have any! Oh well.

So how many was it this time?

[loconet]

Ok, I havent downloaded the zip file yet but how many bytes of perl did it take this time?