Recently a hacking tool for DRM was released that bypassed Microsoft controls for movies and music. This tool, FairUse4WM, exploits a hole in DRM that bypasses controls. The folks at Engadget even went so far as to post an open letter to Microsoft in which they chime in with support the application.
The Remond juggernaut has taken a legal approach to this problem. They have filed suit against the unnamed hacker that created the tool.
That wasn’t by itself enough to deal with Viodentia, Microsoft decided, so (as is the local custom) Redmond decided to go legal. But instead of of following the obvious strategy and accusing Viodentia of circumventing its copy protection, Microsoft is claiming the developer must have access to its proprietary source code, specifically code related to its Windows Media software development kit, to have designed such an ingenious hack. Redmond has also sent out legal nasty-grams to sites hosting FairUse4WM code.
It seems a little bit amusing that rather than accept the fact that this person may have found a hole, they have adopted a position that he/she must have the source code. Couldn’t possibly have happened any other way. heh.
[tags]Microsoft, Windows Media, DRM, FairUse4WM[/tags]