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Derek Slater

Member since: Aug 25th, 2006

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The Digital Music Weblog1 Comment

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FairUse4WM strips Windows Media DRM! (Engadget)

Aug 25th 2006 3:12PM I reported this last night, along with analysis here:
http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cmusings/2006/08/25#a1889

In short, "While interesting news, it's rather irrelevant to online media services using WM DRM. Most users won't care about these decryption tools, not because the DRM is 'consumer-friendly,' but rather because there are already readily-accessible alternatives to acquire unencrypted copies and thus get around the DRM's unfriendly limits."

FairUse4WM cracks Windows Media DRM (Download Squad)

Aug 25th 2006 3:10PM I posted about this last night, along with analysis:
http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cmusings/2006/08/25#a1889

In short, "While interesting news, it's rather irrelevant to online media services using WM DRM. Most users won't care about these decryption tools, not because the DRM is 'consumer-friendly,' but rather because there are already readily-accessible alternatives to acquire unencrypted copies and thus get around the DRM's unfriendly limits."

FairUse4WM cracks Windows Media DRM (The Digital Music Weblog)

Aug 25th 2006 3:08PM I reported this last night, along with analysis
http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cmusings/2006/08/25#a1889

In short, "While interesting news, it's rather irrelevant to online media services using WM DRM. Most users won't care about these decryption tools, not because the DRM is "consumer-friendly," but rather because there are already readily-accessible alternatives to acquire unencrypted copies and thus get around the DRM's unfriendly limits."