Comments on: Bad news for Napster http://www.bigmouthstrikesagain.com/archives/278 Freelance writer Gary Marshall on technology, music, Macs and more Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:25:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Gary http://www.bigmouthstrikesagain.com/archives/278/comment-page-1#comment-427 Gary Fri, 18 Feb 2005 07:22:59 +0000 http://www.kasino.co.uk/gary/?p=278#comment-427 Of course, this isn't specific to Napster: it's a flaw in all DRM systems known as the "analogue hole". Basically if you can listen to something, you can use software to capture it or simply hook up a recorder to the line-out of a soundcard. Needless to say, the boffins are trying to find a way to "plug the analogue hole", but as long as people have old kit, they'll be able to bypass this stuff. I'm not aware of any DRM system that hasn't been cracked... Of course, this isn’t specific to Napster: it’s a flaw in all DRM systems known as the “analogue hole”. Basically if you can listen to something, you can use software to capture it or simply hook up a recorder to the line-out of a soundcard.

Needless to say, the boffins are trying to find a way to “plug the analogue hole”, but as long as people have old kit, they’ll be able to bypass this stuff.

I’m not aware of any DRM system that hasn’t been cracked…

]]> By: Stephen http://www.bigmouthstrikesagain.com/archives/278/comment-page-1#comment-426 Stephen Tue, 15 Feb 2005 23:01:53 +0000 http://www.kasino.co.uk/gary/?p=278#comment-426 Love it! Especially the "pushing-the-envelope" nature of the theoretical solution: 1 PC to play the songs, one to encode to WAV, one to burn, all on a fast network... and these days who can't get their hands on a few extra PCs for a few days after calling one or two friends? Love it! Especially the “pushing-the-envelope” nature of the theoretical solution: 1 PC to play the songs, one to encode to WAV, one to burn, all on a fast network… and these days who can’t get their hands on a few extra PCs for a few days after calling one or two friends?

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