Opaque tape stops DRM
Wed Jan 25 2006 7:11 am
by Bob Morris.
Low tech defeat for CD DRM!
Applying a piece of opaque tape to the outer edge of the disk renders the data track of the CD unreadable. A computer trying to play the CD will then skip to the music without accessing the bundled DRM technology.
Take that, Sony!
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