IP: Researchers Crack Digital Music Challenge

[Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

>From: "Rob Raisch" <info@raisch.com>
>To: "Dave Farber" <farber@cis.upenn.edu>
>Subject: IP: Researchers Crack Digital Music Challenge
>
>
>(Once we take information out of the physical containers we have
>historically relied upon for protection, all bets are off.  /rr)
>
>RESEARCHERS CRACK DIGITAL MUSIC CHALLENGE
>Researchers at Xerox PARC, Princeton, and Rice University say
>they have conquered the digital watermarks created by the Secure
>Digital Music Initiative (SDMI) to curb online music piracy.
>SDMI challenged hackers and researchers to try to crack the code
>in September, offering a reward to anyone who explained how they
>defeated the technology. The researchers say they removed the
>watermark without damaging sound quality and estimate that any
>moderately skilled hacker could do the same. SDMI says it is
>still looking into the researchers' efforts to ensure that they
>were successful. Still, the researchers' apparent success casts
>doubt on the music industry's ability to use technology to
>protect copyrights on the Internet.
>(NewsFactor Network, 24 October 2000)
>
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>Rob Raisch - www.raisch.com