Another Blow Delivered to Microsoft DRM
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Microsoft is not the only company to use the DRM technology they developed. They planned to gain quite a bit of revenue from the technology that makes things tough on pirates, but tough on legitimate users, too.
Netflix, one of the companies that uses the technology from Microsoft, has been dealt a blow today, as a hacker, identified only as Dizzie, has posted a plan of 14 steps to removing the DRM. It also involves the use of Fair Use 4WM, which was released about a year ago by someone else to deal with Windows media content.
Microsoft has altered the DRM twice already, and it looks like another round of pirates and Microsoft is beginning. The hackers on Doom9.org forum released a message last month declaring defeat of Microsoft’s DRM again - this appears to be the result.
Not being a fan of illegal pirating, but a big fan of no DRM, I think this is GREAT! Let me know your opinion, and a quick word about why. (I remember the lesson of Lotus 2.01, which was a pain in the butt for those who owned it, that was the last copy protection I ever wanted to deal with - and was, until the Genuine Advantage garbage from MS)
Tags: drm, digital rights management, copy protection, hackers, netflix, fairuse4windows, doom9.org
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