In Phase 2 of the contest, however, SDMI is supplying only one watermarked music file, with no oracle or nonwatermarked file for comparison, and participants get only one chance to remove the watermark. As a primarily academic group, the group wasn't interested in the cash prize. Instead, the coalition is taking its research public. Professor Felten has posted a FAQ about the group's efforts on his Web site, and will post the extensive documentation within the next two weeks. The SDMI saga continues.
Hackers break the recording industry's vaunted music protection system.
But the technology insiders behind the system say hackers could kill it once and for all by participating.