LPM: Perl DVD Descrambler in 7 lines

[David Hempy]

Descramble That DVD in 7 Lines
by Declan McCullagh

9:00 a.m. Mar. 7, 2001 PST

         CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Descrambling DVDs just got even easier, thanks 
to a pair of MIT programmers.
Using only seven lines of Perl code, Keith Winstein and Marc Horowitz have 
created the shortest-yet method to remove the thin layer of encryption that 
is designed to prevent people -- including Linux users -- from watching 
DVDs without proper authorization.


Full story:  http://wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,42259,00.html



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David Hempy
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Kentucky Educational Television - Distance Learning Division
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