Princeton DRM researchers release Sony debacle paper

Princeton's Ed Felten and Alex Halderman have published the final version of "Lessons from the Sony CD DRM Episode," a spectacular paper that they published in draft form in a series of blog posts reported on here. The final paper is required reading for anyone who wants to understand the technology and business behind sneakily crippling our PCs in the name of stopping us from copying.

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Previous installments of the Sony DRM Debacle Roundup: Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V