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BMG's multi-million dollar effort to copy-protect their CDs... defeated by the lowly SHIFT key.
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Princeton University student shows how holding the SHIFT key during CD playback allows MP3 recording of CD media.

Quote:Under normal circumstances, the antipiracy software is automatically loaded onto a Windows machine whenever the [BMG soul artist Anthony] Hamilton album is run in a computer’s CD drive, making traditional copying or MP3 ripping impossible. However, simply holding down the Shift key prevents Windows’ AutoRun feature from loading the copy-protection software, leaving the music free to copy, [Princeton PhD. student John] Halderman said.

*Edited-- had problems with the link.
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BMG\'s multi-million dollar effort to copy-protect their CDs... defeated by the lowly SHIFT key. - by The Brain - 10-08-2003, 12:21 AM

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