MS DRM is Pure Smoke
Lucas Gonze,
Jul 15, 2003
I was pretty sure that somebody, sooner or later, would crack the digital rights management (DRM) in Microsoft's WindowsMedia 9 format. What I didn't expect was for it to be this easy. No confirmation yet, but: the DRM was, according to this report, vanquished with freely available code, no reverse engineering, and no key. "All they did was build the right DirectShow graph, and since DirectShow is a tool for third party software developers to build shipping software, ISVs can easily offer an all-in-one solution to strip DRM from content without fear of the DMCA. What this means is that the DRM on which both Microsoft and their many partners in the RIAA and MPAA are counting on is nothing but a sham. There is no DRM in MS DRM." Unbelievable.
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