Likewise, on October 19, newswires all over the globe announced that the Microsoft copy protection scheme has been cracked.
October 18, was the actual date the utility was distributed.
Various newswires have also reported that MS will try to silence Beale Screamer.
Eventually, this type of anonymous cracking will become more common, or at least that is the speculation.
Years ago people could use code and program without hassles by corporations or government.
Of course, that is different today.
Unfortunately, these are the extremes one must go to in order to make a point or distribute wares.
-aicra
http://www.vnunet.com/News/1126349
http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2001/...
http://www.transfert.net/fr/techno/artic...
http://www.zdnet.co.jp/news/0110/22/e_ms...
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/cgl-...
Version 2 of the DRM has been cracked.
Beale Screamer's manifesto is worth reading.
Microsoft's Digital Rights Management Scheme - Technical Details By "Beale Screamer" can be obtained in several places online, including Cryptome.org. -------------------------------------------------------------- The software distributed with this README file removes content protection from any Windows Media Audio file (.wma file) that uses DRM version 2 (as implemented in Windows Media Player version 7). It has been tested under Windows 98, so may or may not work with other Media Player/OS combinations. Also be aware that many "protected content" files out there are actually DRM version 1, especially if they are older files. This software will not do anything to unprotect version 1 files.
There is another piece of software, called "unfuck", which similarly removes protections, but there is a fundamental difference in how these two pieces of software work. Unfuck works by allowing the player to unprotect and uncompress the audio, and then captures the audio samples on the way to the sound card. This software attacks the problem directly: it simply removes the encryption from the protected file, leaving everything else exactly the same. Because of this, there is no loss of quality due to uncompressing and re-compressing the content -- what you're left with is exactly the original content, just not protected. It's also much faster.
Please be aware that this software is "proof-of-concept" or "demonstration" level, not production level. While every effort has been made to make sure that it works properly, it may fail in unforeseen situations -- it has NOT been thoroughly tested! There isn't much chance that this program will screw up your system, but use at your own risk!
WARNING!!!!! I have just learned that the new Microsoft Media Player EULA includes a clause that says they can *automatically* modify the software on your system, without any confirmation from you required! In other words, they can disable your software, or force an upgrade so that FreeMe won't work, just because they feel
