Chunks of Open Source code found in Sony's copy protection software
As if the root-kit wasn't enough, now, after unraveling the source code of the controversial CD copy protection software, programmers found functions identical to ones used by an open source mp3 encoder called LAME. A Dutch article was posted this week, saying that experts found undeniable evidence of code coming from LAME. They say they found a string in the code representing a website, http://mp3dev.org and several other strings which point to the open
source mp3 encoder. However, they didn't find any notice of this in the licence of the copy protection program, as the GPL under which LAME was released needed.
Here is an excerpt from the Dutch article, translated online:
source mp3 encoder. However, they didn't find any notice of this in the licence of the copy protection program, as the GPL under which LAME was released needed.
Here is an excerpt from the Dutch article, translated online:
Some interesting research about this copy protection program is being carried out here: http://hack.fi/~muzzy/sony-drm/"Sony have only satisfied to none of these requirements, but provide a
feasible programme. A computer expert, of whom the name is confessed at the
redactie, discovered that on the cd Get Right With The man of Van Zant
strings from the library version.c of Lame sits. This is make up from the
string: http://www.mp3dev.org/"," 0.90 "," LAME3.95 "," 3.95 "," 3.95.
But the expert has more proof. This way sits there at a place in the
programme go.exe so-called array largetbl. This is a part that is used in
the module tables.c of libmp3lame. "



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