EMI samples new digital security ('digital rights mgmt')

[Steve Orrin]

Yet another stupid DRM solution. One simply needs to capture the "password
protect 2nd stream" (or hack the super secure;) password protected server
site). When will they learn that secure DRM is an oxymoron.
-so

-----Original Message-----
From: Dynamite Bob <dbob at semtex.com>
To: cypherpunks at lne.com
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Date: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 4:25 PM
Subject: EMI samples new digital security ('digital rights mgmt')


>EMI samples new digital security
>
>     By Gwendolyn Mariano CNET News.com
>
>     In an effort to prevent unauthorized copying of music files, EMI
>Recorded Music said
>     Tuesday it will begin using security from BayView Systems that
>offers a new twist on the
>     burgeoning technology known as digital rights management.
>
>                      Unlike competitors that use encryption or
>watermarking techniques to
>                      prevent copying, San Francisco-based BayView
>Systems has designed
>                      its Duolizer technology to essentially split music
>files in two. A large,
>                      main file, called the Flexible File, is stored on
>the listener's hard drive,
>                      while a smaller file, called the Secure Stream, is
>stored on a
>                      password-protected server, controlled by the
>content owner. Listeners
>                      enter the password to have the smaller file
>streamed and listen to the
>                      song.
>
>                      The two files are combined while the song is
>played, but otherwise
>                      remain separate. The company said that the owner's
>rights are
>     preserved because end-users never have a complete [Ed note: fnord]
>copy of the music, regardless of the
>     number of times the file is shared.
>
><snip>
>http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/cn/20010912/tc/emi_samples_new_digital_securit
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