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RE: [dvd-discuss] Re: TurboTax for free?
- To: dvd-discuss(at)cyber.law.harvard.edu
- Subject: RE: [dvd-discuss] Re: TurboTax for free?
- From: Stephen L Johnson <sjohnson(at)monsters.org>
- Date: 08 Jan 2003 14:43:22 -0600
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On Wed, 2003-01-08 at 13:18, Richard Hartman wrote:
> > Somehow, I suspect that Jon did not construct his DVD hardware
> > out of spare parts, but rather bought a mass-manufactured DVD drive
> > from one of the DVDCCA cartel participants. I am sure that drive came
> > with a key. So Jon was doubtless in possession of a key, nu?
> >
>
> It's the player key that's significant. Some of
> the early software players used a compromised key
> from (who was it ... Ving or something like that?)
> Others just brute-force discovery of a key. Either
> way there is a non-legitimate key involved in the
> open-source DVD players.
The player key in question was from the Xing player software. The key
wasn't compromised, a such. Xing didn't obfuscate the player key as
(presumed) required by their licensing contact.
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Stephen L Johnson <[email protected]>