Posted by NRen2k5 on 11/24/05 15:21

Buzz wrote:
> "NRen2k5" <napsterneorenegade@hotmail.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
> J5hhf.1057$5o6.966@wagner.videotron.net...
>
>>Buzz wrote:
>>
>>>"Phaeton" <phaeton@iinet.net.au> a écrit dans le message de news:
>>>43843e92$0$12462$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au...
>>>
>>>
>>>>Gartner: piece of tape defeats any CD DRM
>>>>
>>>>Anti-piracy technologies 'easily defeated', reports analyst
>>>>Tom Sanders in California, vnunet.com 21 Nov 2005
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>The highly controversial XCP digital rights management (DRM) technology
>>>>bundled by Sony BMG on 52 of its audio CD albums can be defeated by
>>>>applying a small piece of tape to the discs, according to analyst firm
>>>>Gartner.
>>>>
>>>>Applying a piece of opaque tape to the outer edge of the disk renders the
>>>>data track of the CD unreadable. A computer trying to play the CD will then
>>>>skip to the music without accessing the bundled DRM technology.
>>>>....
>>>>
>>>> read the rest here :
>>>>http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2146367/garnter-piece-tape-defeats-cd
>>>>
>>>> Cheers, Csaba
>>>>--
>>>>---------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> CSABA I. HARANGOZO |d|i|g|i|t|a|l| phaeton at iinet dot net dot au
>>>>---------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> EARTH::AUSTRALIA:[SYDNEY]HARANGOZO.CSABA;1, delete? [N]:
>>>
>>>
>>>=======================================
>>>In fact, that seems to be old news, as this was
>>>discovered and well talked about on the Net
>>>a few years ago.
>>>
>>>--
>>>Allen Reny
>>>http://www.a-reny.com
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Not only that, but it's dangerous. Attaching something to one side of a
>>CD will unbalance it, which can make it shatter inside your CD-ROM. Not
>>only does this destroy the CD and probably the drive too, but it can
>>damage the rest of your computer and injure you.
>>
>>All the tape/marker trick is really doing anyway is preventing the
>>"autorun" program on the CD. There's a much safer and more conventional
>>way to do so:
>>Hold the Shift key when you put the CD in your computer to prevent
>>AutoRun just for that time.
>>Or, search Google. There is a registry key you can edit to disable Auto
>>Insert Notification (which AutoRun depends on) altogether.
>>
>>- NRen2k5
>
> ========================================
> Right !
> Don't use tape but a felt pen.
>
> But who is unsensible enough to use
> any CD or DVD reader on a PC with the "autorun" enabled ?
>
> --
> Allen Reny
> http://www.a-reny.com
>
>

I don't even recommend the felt tip pen method at all. What if you have
problems with the CD after trying it? You'll have trouble exchanging it
for another copy at the store with a big ink stripe on it.

- NRen2k5

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