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List:       suse-linux-e
Subject:    Re: [SLE] Something of possible interest?
From:       Jerry Kreps <jerrykreps () jlkreps ! net>
Date:       2001-04-27 14:13:28
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On Friday 27 April 2001 02:49, crrey wrote:
> Here's an article posted by IDG.net's TechInformer.
>
> UNDER RIAA PRESSURE, ACADEMIC DOES NOT PRESENT PAPER
> (Source: IDG.net) Edward Felten, the Princeton computer science
> professor who has been at the center of some controversy this week
> due to a paper he wrote detailing ways to crack the encryption in
> the SDMI digital music system, chose not to present his findings at
> a conference.
> http://www.techinformer.com/go.cgi?id=466403

TOO LATE!
The 'cat is already out of the bag'.  
I read the paper.  It is an excellent discussion of methods and
technologies for cryptoanalysis of watermarks on audio files.
To sum up the paper:  There is no current technology or software
encryption that can protect against illegal access.  

Which probably explains corporate use and abuse of patents and
copyrights, to say nothing of their employment of lizard lawyers.
JLK

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