I just added an article explaining a little more about the use of current copy protections, mostly focused on the ones currently used on audio CDs. This because the usual reaction on newsposting that announce new protections is: "It will be cracked sooner or later."
In this article I try to explain that copy protections are developed for making it more difficult to copy CDs, the developers know it will be hacked. Here is a part of the article:
The real function of a copy protection nowadays is to make it as hard as possible for the consumers to make a copy of the original. As most consumers don't have a clue about technology this is pretty easy to accomplish. But there are however some people that don't give up so easily. On our site we post a lot about new technologies that appear and that are bypassed someway. |
I clearly use the way bypass here because that is what we like to do. We don't want to break any laws and we don't want to break into the original code of the CD we want to copy. What we want is called a Perfect Copy. A 1:1 copy, that contains exact the same data as the original. Getting such a copy is almost a sport and is becoming more and more something that can only be done if you have the knowledge and the right equipment.
Consider this article more like a column as it reflects my thoughts. I'm open to discussion (if someone reads it anyway ), but please be polite and use arguments other then "it sucks" or "it rulez". Read on here.
Source: CD Freaks Articles
