http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/Apr 10th 2007 6:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/I did not even feelt any DRM restrictions, EVER!
I buying DVDs, CDs and there was never any problem to rip when I want to...
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There are many reasons that DRM is unreasonably restrictive. This is but one example.]]>Apr 11th 2007 5:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/Apr 10th 2007 6:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/
Or, you know, making movies that don't suck so bad people aren't willing to pay for them?]]>Apr 10th 2007 2:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/
Sounds like chickens coming home to roost.]]>Apr 10th 2007 7:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/Apr 10th 2007 7:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/Apr 10th 2007 7:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/
Tell it to EMI. That's the real fruit of this labor. And it's just starting.]]>Apr 10th 2007 7:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/Apr 11th 2007 9:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/Apr 10th 2007 7:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/
DRM doesn't do anything but annoy everyone. Most people I'll admit don't care. These are the people that will play the disks on a DVD player of sorts. But there is also a large number of us that are tech savy and do allot of things cause we can. We want to play out movies of NAS storage devices and stream them from our broadband to our mobile devices and the sorts. DRM will always get broken so it has already failed its intended purpose of preventing sharing.

Only reason I have never bought music or any media online is the simple fact that if I buy a cd or a movie online I expect to be able to play it anywhere I want to. If they start offering movies online that are DRM free then I will certainly buy them, it will guarantees me the quality of the rip. If I want it on a disk, I will put it on one when I am god dam ready for it. Why should I pay for a DVD disk and case and packaging when all I am going to do is go home, rip it, and store it on the server...]]>Apr 10th 2007 7:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/no they don't, the DVDs protction was cracked as well, and as far as i know they just leave it at that when enough users have switched, because you can not make people "upgrade" after a certain amount of players is sold to non-enthusiasts. there are only a couple of choices, either quit patching the holes in the scheme, and let a couple of people use the media they bought like they want to use it (i.e. rip a dvd to put it on their PMP) or they update everything over and over, what means that people would have to understand that they can't play movies on their player anymore, since its key was revoced for security reasons. try explaining that to people that just bought a player.
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This is the second time you've called out an Engadget editor for our anti-DRM, pro fair use position. What's your problem, son? If you fail to understand the difference between our position and "piracy cheerleading" then perhaps you'd be happier posting elsewhere... or not at all.

Your mini rant has added nothing to the conversation. Contribute or be gone.

Thomas]]>Apr 10th 2007 8:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/
Try learning about YOUR/OUR rights as a consumer! Stop name calling like a 3 year old and try reading. It's NOT against the law to make 1 copy of a Disc (Movie, Music, Video Game). Now, if I give a copy to a friend or family member... well ok that's a different story.

If you want to get pissed off -- try taking your ranting ass over to China -- where they are banging out DVD's copies for 10 cents and selling them for a dollar.

I have to agree the author of this article, Thomas Ricker, and say -- you're stupid. And you're not bring anything to conversation.
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It's a simple enough equation:

Your gleeful posts about stripping DRM from consumer media

+

Ryan and Peter constantly talking on the podcast about how they get all of their content over BitTorrent

+

Me not being a naive fool

=

You're promoting piracy. Again.

Go ahead and ban me for calling you on what you're doing; I can't stop you. But don't think we're stupid enough to believe that the only reason you want DRM off of online media is because of the principle of the thing.]]>Apr 10th 2007 8:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/
You need to step up and show them you weren't lying about really wanting to pay DRM-free material. The moment the EMI material shows up on file shares or people don't buy it, every other media company will say "see people were lying, they are really willing to pay DRM-free material, they just wanted us to help them pirate our content."

You can't just make a blog post about how great DRM-free material is, now that it is available you MUST actually support it.]]>Apr 10th 2007 8:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/
I know a lot of people consider allofmp3.com to be a little shady, but... that's what it has to be for now.]]>Apr 10th 2007 1:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/You can authorize any of your machine multiple times, when you hit 5 you can then deauthorize all and then reauthorize them one by one. Apple makes it really easy to authorize machine.
Album prices are thee same for pretty good quality files.
allofmp3 is not just a "little" shady but completely illegal and pays not one penny to the artists. You are paying thieves for stolen goods.
It is because of people like you that DRM exists to begin with...]]>Apr 10th 2007 3:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/Apr 10th 2007 8:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/
"Sorry, but anyone who has read Engadget for at least a month knows how much they hate the iPod and hate the iTunes Music Store; so seeing yet another pointless Apple-bashing story is not surprising, even considering that it's not even attempting to be newsworthy or address anything relevant. That's par for the course at this site."

"At least Engadget is willing to admit, through the way it covers stories like these, that it does not support content creators being compensated for the content they create."

"it never ceases to amaze me how much time Engadget spends promoting piracy with posts like this one. I guess that's the unique thing about blogs-- they don't have to pretend they have any integrity."

"Yes, let's completely rush an extremely important technological standard so that Engadget can add more useless complaining to every story they post. Great reporting, as usual."

Now he can hate us from a distance. Banned. Thanks for playing Nij,

Thomas


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It's all about limiting fair use, locking out competition and increasing profits.]]>Apr 10th 2007 8:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/
Now it's clear; we can rag on each other all we want, but the moment we start to rag on the author, we get banned.

I think you need to lighten up a bit. People like Nij are better ignored than banned. If the group thinks they are completely off base, other commenters will let them know.]]>Apr 10th 2007 10:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/
Nij does bring up an interesting point though... Where do the Engadget editors stand on content creators being fairly compensated for their work? Are you anti-DRM simply for 'fair use' or are you really getting all of your content/software over BitTorrent? Ricker never responded to this. ]]>Apr 10th 2007 11:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/Apr 10th 2007 2:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/Signal to noise ratio. You can only ignore so much. Look at the forums of Ars Technica and see trolls and fanboys ruin most discussions. Want that here?]]>Apr 10th 2007 10:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/
It does seem that the authors here and at Download Squad are particularly thin-skinned about comments directed at them. They gladly let the group rip into each other with as many insults, lies and distorted facts as they want, but the moment someone makes a negative comment (true or not) about the post itself or the author they are all over him.]]>Apr 10th 2007 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/
Don't you think banning the guy is a little harsh?]]>Apr 10th 2007 1:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/
http://www.vorbis.com
http://flac.sourceforge.net]]>Apr 10th 2007 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/Apr 10th 2007 11:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/Apr 10th 2007 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/Apr 10th 2007 11:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/]]>Apr 10th 2007 11:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/
The fact is that Engadget is not neutral about the stories they post. Each poster has their own likes and dislikes about technologies and brands. These preferences come through loud and clear in your posts. If your blog is not neutral then how can you expect your readers to be neutral?]]>Apr 10th 2007 11:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/They over charge us for movies just to be greeted to poorly made "DONT PIRATE" movie clips and legal warnings plastered all over menus and parts of the movie. How is this fair for the large majority of people who are buying legit movies? If anything this kind of behaviour is going to piss off people and encourage them to pirate movies more than ever, not to mention they're actually reminding people they can pirate DVDs off the internet. It's madness.

Also, as much as Nij was an asshat, banning him wont win you many points from others. Here we are talking about freedom of media and you wont let others have their freedom of speech, sorry but there's nothing good coming out of that move. =/]]>Apr 10th 2007 11:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/
- Nij posts his "mini rant". While his post is a personal attack on Ricker and I believe engadget would be better without such posts, it does present his opinion on the topic at hand and thereby, IMO, he has "added to the conversation". (sort of :))

- Ricker demeaningly asks him to clarify his post: "What's your problem, son?"

- Nij does just that by outlining the basis for his jab at Ricker. He does so in a concise, easy to read fashion, clearly showing his reasoning.

- Ricker quotes from several posts of Nij, all of which "bash" Engadget. He then bans Nij. Now how does this post "add to the conversation"? In all likelihood, Ricker was already writing this post even before Nij responded and was going to ban Nij after he posted, regardless of what he said.

Now I'll just quote Peter's post because he's already said what I want to say:
"
Banning someone simply for disagreeing with you is a far worse form of information control that any DRM.

Now it's clear; we can rag on each other all we want, but the moment we start to rag on the author, we get banned.

I think you need to lighten up a bit. People like Nij are better ignored than banned. If the group thinks they are completely off base, other commenters will let them know.
"

This thread, specifically Ricker's actions, really, really undermines the integrity of, and lowers my respect for, Engadget.]]>Apr 10th 2007 11:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/
1) in just a matter of days, he publically slandered both myself and our managing editor accusing us of criminal activity (for the record, I DO NOT use bittorrent - I buy CDs and rip).

2) His comments are historically 90% Engadget bashing adding nothing to the conversation. What I shared earlier is just a tip of his hateberg for flavoring. We tolerated this for months until (1).

As a footnote: commenting is not a right. Stay on topic and treat us and your peers with respect and you can say what you want.]]>Apr 10th 2007 12:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/Apr 10th 2007 12:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/
Buddy you’re a boy make a big noise
Playin’ in the street gonna be a big man some day
You got mud on yo’ face
You big disgrace
Kickin’ your can all over the place

We will we will rock you
We will we will rock you]]>Apr 10th 2007 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/He seems like a very negative/bitter individual, but I have to admit, some of those questions he asked seemed like legitimate queries, not just grumblings. I'm sure it was a mixture, and I'm sure it gets old to hear people whine and complain like that. However, it comes across as knee-jerk reactionism when you don't clearly define the rules to him (like a 'reminder of the tos' warning), then give him the option to abide by them or not. There are some topics that people are going to be very passionate about, but if you give them a choice and tell them their parameters/rules, that demonstrates respect, and hopefully fosters an environment of mutual respect. It certainly won't always work out that way, but you can try to encourage it to happen through your actions too.
Commenting is absolutely not a right, but of course many feel entitled to it, just like they feel entitled to other things that are priviledges. But there are many times where I see that derogatory comments about women go by (one instance was when someone called me 'dickless' - did that contribute to the conversation? Was that on topic? Hell no, and it's a direct tos violation), where people put down each other, and it slides by. I think it would be great if/when you banned someone to say, 'name, you've been banned for violating this tos item:' and post the violation. That might make people realize what the rules are and encourage them to 'play nice with others'. Just a thought. ]]>Apr 10th 2007 1:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/
Nothing he said in this thread, nor the quotes of his you provided prior to banning him constitute slander IMO. What they show is his disagreement/dislike/ for you & fellow editors (which you called "hate") and you yourself seem that this is what you got out of them as well:

"Now he can hate us from a distance. Banned. Thanks for playing Nij,"

(BTW, that really makes the post come off as a quick-fired retort from an agitated, "thin-skinned" editor)

The closest thing I could see is this:
"Ryan and Peter constantly talking on the podcast about how they get all of their content over BitTorrent"
But, because you specifally said he slandered you, I do not think this is to what you are referring. If it is, then I still don't think this is slander, especially if they DO talk about getting their content over BitTorrent (I do not listen to the podcasts)!

I'm not going to search the threads for the purported slander; if you can easily provide it, then please by all means do so.

Commenting is not a right. You can run the blog however you please. And staying on topic and being respectful are very good guidelines. My issue is that you are justifying your actions (the banning) with something that, judging from the evidence so far presented, is untrue.

Assuming I am wrong, and he DID slander Engadget editors, and THIS is why he was banned, then it should have been made more clear that was the case when he was banned.]]>Apr 10th 2007 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/
Thomas, there is another privilege that I think you are overlooking here, and that is YOUR enjoyment of our good patronage. You have just swatted a gnat, but in the process you have dishonored what is arguably the single most venerable concept of human freedom - the right to be heard. And it is offensive. It is offensive to the degree that it raises doubt on your ability to convincingly take a principled stand on ANY issue of personal or civil liberty. It is the single most self-undermining act you could possibly perform with your keyboard alone.

And yes, you are correct that it is your right to reign as you will in your kingdom. But that kingdom will shrink in proportion to the pettiness with which you rule until you find yourself with no subjects at all. You can make the rules in your playground, but it is up to us to decide if we are going to play there or not. For my part, I will not. Engadget has shown its colors and my sense of honor won't allow it. But I earnestly recommend that you apologize to the community and bring the gnat back. If for no other reason than as an example that you DO in fact understand that the price of liberty isn't merely constant vigilance, but on occasion perpetual irritation at the voices of dissension.]]>Apr 11th 2007 12:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/
Get off your collective soap box. You're not "better" people because you wouldn't personally have banned the guy. And Mr. Ricker is by no means obligated to tell you why Nij got banned; it's pretty clear.]]>Apr 10th 2007 1:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/Apr 11th 2007 12:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/
Nij's comments had some valid points in there. Engadget does have a bias against anything DRM/anti-piracy. And that's fine as long as you let the users point it out to you and take the opposite stance in the comments section.

This was a childish move made in haste.

]]>Apr 10th 2007 1:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/Apr 10th 2007 3:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/ If someone comes over to my house monh after month and criticised
> my food negatively after every meal I'd want him out too.

True, but not a great analogy, unless you're handing your dinner guests "how was my dinner" feedback forms. This site may be a blog, but there comment form is there for a reason.

> Personally, I come to this site because it gives me simple,
> up-to-date information on "gadgets" for free. Not politics.

What can I say, they also post about DRM, which is more than just information on "gadgets", it's clearly a political topic. The author(s) also include graphics implying their position on DRM ("down with DRM" in this post, "DRM is killing music and it's a rip-off" in the "DRM: the state of disrepair" post).

Sorry that it is frustrating to you.

]]>Apr 10th 2007 4:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/aacs-hacked-to-expose-volume-id-windvd-patch-irrelevant/Apr 14th 2007 2:13PM