FairUse4WM Breaks Windows DRM

An anonymous reader writes "FairUse4WM, according to engadget, "can be used to strip Windows Media DRM 10 and 11". What does the slashdot community think of this development in the ongoing cat-and-mouse game going on between big media and what is available online?"

What do I think?

[w33t]

I think the industry should start wondering who the cat really is.

Re:Follow-up; Cory Doctorow on DRM at MSFT

[Ravensfire]

Or more accurately titled "Dear Microsoft: Please don't bitchslap us"

-- Ravensfire

Re:ones and zeros

[truedfx]

No, you don't. What gave you that idea?

obligatory porn reference...

[phlegmofdiscontent]

Does this mean I can use it to strip the DRM from pr0n I've downloaded?

Re:What do I think?

[Red Flayer]

I think the industry should start wondering who the cat really is.

That's jumping the gun, a little bit.

First they need to figure out if it's dead or alive, and whether it should be treated as both.

Then when they are cetain that the cat is alive|dead, they need to figure out where they are.

Thank God

[kemo_by_the_kilo]

all Ican say is So long and thanks for all the DRM

Re:What a scoop!

[Red Flayer]

Extra! Extra! Slashdot travels back in time to retrieve everybody else's headlines from last friday! Read all about it!

Good for Slashdot. I'd rather read some well-thought out comments and great links to other material on the topic than see the inanity that passes for comments at other places -- which you've obviously been a part of creating.

Re:Headline incorrect.

[MSFanBoi2]

1.) I have over 12,500 songs in my collection. All WMA. All play fine on my WMA playback devices, of which I have four.

2.) I know well what my rights are. They are listed right in the EULA when I installed the various Music Stores. They ARE NOT MY SONGS. They belong to the artist or the record label, right or wrong.

3.) Define special...

Making a backup of a song? I have most on three or four devices inlcuding my PC. Not to mention the fact that if I do lose the song, I simply go and download it again, for free, as I already paid the fee to download the right to use said song.

Why would I want to watch a movie on a handheld device? Thats why I own a large screen TV and DVD player. No need to be stuck to a tiny device with no surround sound, or having to squint to see anything.

It seems to me the only people that have problems with DRM are the ones that think everything should be free and the ones who do regularly steal music and software.

Re:obligatory porn reference...

[kemo_by_the_kilo]

Why would you want to watch porn of DRM stipping... sicko.

A thoughtful response

[stinky wizzleteats]

What does the slashdot community think of this development in the ongoing cat-and-mouse game going on between big media and what is available online?

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Phone Call

[in2mind]

A MS employee rings up Mr.BiLL

Emp:Sir.Important News.

Bill:What is it?

Emp:WMA DRM has been cracked!!

Bill: What! It took them so long !?

Emp: !!!!!!

What does the slashdot community think of this..?

[Goody]

I'll take Questions With Obvious Answers for $200, Alex!

Re:Headline incorrect.

[Whiney Mac Fanboy]

trying to educate the future business leaders of America...

Hahahahaha! Now I know you're trolling! "Educating" the "future business leaders of America" indeed.

You don't "educate" business leaders - you throw them in a tank full o' sharks & promote the survivors.

Better analogy

[sjonke]

The analogy I prefer is that the pro-DRM argument is a lot like the anti-gun-control argument. They're both wrong.

Download link?

[funkatron]

How am I supposed to comment this when theres no link to download it?

Re:Headline incorrect.

[jamstar7]

How's next Tuesday for you? I don't have anything planned I can't move around...

Why this will happen again - or ...

[foo23]

... a refresher course in cryptography.

Yes, many other companies will sink their money in DRM systems, and many of these platforms are still bound to fail. Unfortunately the legal provisions will make many people bleed until a reasonable way of dealing with digital technology will have been found. As Cory Doctorow put it (in his talk to the Microsoft Research group to be found here: http://www.craphound.com/msftdrm.txt [craphound.com]):

... Cryptography - secret writing - is the practice of keeping secrets. It involves three parties: a sender, a receiver and an attacker [...]. We usually call these people Alice, Bob and Carol. [... A few explanations of cipher, ciphertext and key] In DRM, the attacker is *also the recipient*. It's not Alice and Bob and Carol, it's just Alice and Bob. So Alice has to provide Bob - the attacker - with the key, the cipher and the ciphertext. Hilarity ensues.