'DVD Jon' Breaks Google Video Lock

SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
edited July 2005 in Science & Tech
Norwegian hacker Jon Lech Johansen has released a patch that will remove Google's restriction and allow the playback of video files that aren't on the video.google.com server.
Johansen, also known as 'DVD Jon' for his work on decrypting DVD security codes, has created a patch for the Google Video Viewer—less than 24 hours after the search giant shipped the video playback plug-in, a tool based on the open-source VideoLAN media player.

The patch, released on Johansen's 'So Sue Me' blog, effectively disables a modification Google made to the VideoLAN code to prevent users from playing videos that are not hosted on Google's servers.
Source: PCMag.com

Comments

  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited June 2005
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  • obeyn
    edited June 2005
    a-pa cih mangsudnya
  • airbornflghtairbornflght Houston, TX Icrontian
    edited June 2005
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  • shwaipshwaip bluffin' with my muffin Icrontian
    edited June 2005
    obeyn (Guest) wrote:
    a-pa cih mangsudnya

    If I had a nickel for everytime I thought that, I'd be rolling in the dough.
  • MedlockMedlock Miramar, Florida Member
    edited July 2005
    What's Google Video Viewer, and why's this so funny? :scratch:
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