Anyone know how to get rid of DRM in DIVX-files? :confused::confused::confused: Please?
I have some legally bought DIVX-files, but would like to extract some good scenes and pictures to the forum.
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Anyone know how to get rid of DRM in DIVX-files? :confused::confused::confused: Please?
I have some legally bought DIVX-files, but would like to extract some good scenes and pictures to the forum.
If you can answer Greyhound's question send him the information by Private
message only ! DO NOT POST IT - it is illegal to reveal how to circumvent DRM.
Thanks franklyn!
Only in the US, really, so far as I know.Quote:
Originally Posted by franklynxxx
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Originally Posted by franklynxxx
It surely depends what country you live in!Quote:
Originally Posted by Gives_Girls_Facials
But as posters at FacialForum we have to respect the laws in the country where FacialForum is based (or hosted).
In fact I do not know exactly where FacialForum is located and the laws/rules there.
Somebody will hopefully enlighten me!
But still...
If you have some info to help me regarding the subject then please send me a PM or e-mail!
I have legally bought the drm-protected files, but would like to make some extractions and vid-caps to this community (and some of them are good).
Well as far as I can ascertain, the IP Address is assigned to Germany, but whether that is where it is located is another thing altogether!!Quote:
Originally Posted by greyhound
I doubt it. Google removing drm, or, for example, tunebite.Quote:
Originally Posted by franklynxxx
Illegal? I don't think so.
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Originally Posted by Fingers
Franklynxxx is quite correct. It is most definitely illegal in the U.S.A., not to mention other countries that have agreed to enforce U.S. copyright law, to "circumvent DRM". The reason Tunebite gets away with what they do is precisely BECAUSE they DO NOT circumvent DRM.
Tunebite can only record pieces of music that are purchased legally and that you can then play back and re-record legally. The music must still be purchased from online music shops.
From their own site:
"Tunebite: The DRM killer – A legal license to convert
Instead of illegally defeating copy-protection measures, Tunebite uses an innovative, technically optimized process that records original files as they play and legally saves the recordings in unprotected digital formats. Tunebite can only record pieces of music that are purchased legally and that you can then play back and re-record legally. The music must still be purchased from online music shops."
Fingers, you may view this as a matter of semantics, but believe me, DRM circumvention and what Tunebite does is two entirely different things.
If you are interested, google and read up on 321 Studios vs Motion Picture Association of America over Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
And if you're really a masochist, just read the 1998 DMCA.
By the way, Britain is in bed with the U.S. on this. In fact, one of your own countrymen was given a cease and desist order for a program he wrote called DVD Decrypter. The program itself can still be found, but without being updated to circumvent the latest schemes from Macrovision, Sony's ARcoSS and other copy prevention software, well, DVD Decrypter is quickly becoming obsolete.
To clarify: What I am looking for is a "Tunebite" for DivX files with DRM (licenced files).Quote:
Originally Posted by hashman
No problem, Hashman. I'll take your word for it, and I thank you very much for the interesting information.Quote:
Originally Posted by hashman
So far I've only used it on legally purchased WMV downloads. I guess your technical description explains why it's so slow. But I can live with that as long as it's legal.
I could be wrong but I use DIVX and I am unaware of any methodology to DRM it.
Believe me - it is possible! I have a couple of these files.Quote:
Originally Posted by MikeSouth
How the methodology works, I do not know.
Here is an OCR scan of an editorial from July '08 MaximumPC magazine
Getting Away
(from DMCA)
S ummer is upon us, and it's a perfect time to
take a fair-use vacation.
. . . . . . Here in America you can buy plenty of
DVDs, but if you want to copy them for personal
use or run them on Linux, it's another story: You'll
be breaking U.5..Iaw. To make that backup of your
kid's favorite Disney movie before it gets covered in
blue marker, consider going somewhere you won''t
go to jail, for the act.
. . . . . . Who doesn't love a Caribbean island? Imagine
yourseIf on a beach in Antiigua with a drink that
comes in a hollow coconut. Beautiful women
walk by. The sun begins to set, and you've just
finished importing your DVD collection to a hard
drive. Antigua and Barbuda is home to SlySoft,
the maker of AnyDVD. a program that sits in the
background of your computer and quietly removes
copy protection from DVDs. including HD formats.
As SlySoft was doing its thing in 2007. in the
United States the AACS licensing Authority was
threatening to sue Digg for publishing a number -
the HD DYD encryption key.
. . . . . . Or maybe you're a do-it-yourselfer who can't
take the heat. Consider a trip to Norway, where
you can roll your own DRM breaker, In 2002,
Norwegian courts acquitted Jon Johansen of
charges stemming from the creation of DeCSS,
which stripped copy protection off DVDs so he
could play them on his Linux box. By contrast,
back in the U.S., a court convicted 2600 magazine
for linking to DeCSS,
. . . . . . Perhaps you're a pedagogical type with a
penchant for long days and vodka. Russia's your
spot. In 2001, Moscovite Dmitri Sklyarov pre-
sented a fIaw in Adobe's eBook security at Black
Hat in Las Vegas. This information didn't stay in
Vegas-Adobe had him arrested. Back in Mother
Russia, telling people now to circumvent Adobe's
weak protection isn't illegal. After a harrowing
ordeal. Sklyarov was allowed to return home,
where he continued his research in peace.
. . . . . . Turns out none of these vacations is about
piracy. They violate the DMCA, not copyright. The
fact is. you can go almost anywhere in the world
and you won't run into these restrictions. So have
fun on your trip! it's your computer.
______________________________
Quinn Norton writes about copyright for Wired
News and other publications. Her work has
ranged from legal journalism to the inner life
of pirate organizations.
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