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Tim S · 10th Dec 2007, 14:26

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/12..._media_files/1

Western Digital 1TB MyBook NAS adds overly restrictive DRM to deny access to the video and music you legally own, when you try and play it from outside your home network.

C-Sniper · 10th Dec 2007, 14:33

Yay! Flac is not blocked!

koola · 10th Dec 2007, 14:34

I just hacked the firmware, installed SSH, disabled the mionet service and then installed a FTP server (It runs linux btw). No problems accessing any content outside of my home network

Talk about shooting yourself in the foot WD.

bubsterboo · 10th Dec 2007, 14:52

Well, I'm not buying one of these.

WILD9 · 10th Dec 2007, 14:57

Wont be buying anymore WD products then.

Aterius Gmork · 10th Dec 2007, 15:04

Too bad. Thought I'd buy a MyBook, but that won't be happening now. And I wouldn't even have stored any of these file types on it. Damn it, WD, it is a matter of principle.

badders · 10th Dec 2007, 15:07

Surely you can log in as the Administrative user who created the share, right?

steveo_mcg · 10th Dec 2007, 15:35

I wonder if they're drm is covered under the GPL maybe some one should threaten them the way ASUS were.

rewind · 10th Dec 2007, 15:57

Surely a bit of cunning file renaming will get around this ? ... was only planning on letting mates download it to play anyway. Streaming is poo.

It was on my list of new years purchases.

Shame as it was mostly going to be used for uploading DM videos of the clan etc. I will be looking for an alternative before buying but it does have some (otherwise) nice features and the price is good.

I hope WD catch wind of the shame.

yakyb · 10th Dec 2007, 16:07

create a dedicated PC whats the issue here thats what i have

thats what you get when you buy a prebuilt solution its always (almost anyway) better to spec up a solve the problem yourself.

its fairly simple to setup a dydns then use IIS or apache to create a web shareto give access to your files may be a little more convoluted but in the end offers a better solution

rewind · 10th Dec 2007, 16:13

True... although the 1TB was going to be a back-up drive too for tunes, videos and pictures I don't want to share. I do have an old P4 2Ghz PC sitting there (massive 30GB storage).

Might set this up as a NAS just for sharing and then buy a non-WorldBook for backup.

Good plan, cheers.

FreeNAS looks interesting, albeit complicated. Anyone here using it for sharing across the web ?

Delphium · 10th Dec 2007, 16:29

tut tut, why do it WD, only going to push customers away in this move.
Ah well there are other solutions.

outlawaol · 10th Dec 2007, 17:59

WD is great stuff. To bad they made a cool device then made it completely useless.

I'll still buy WD HD's for my computers, but this one is on the naughty list.

Lowsidex2 · 10th Dec 2007, 18:15

I feel dirty for having been a loyal WD harddrive user for the last decade or more.

AcidJiles · 10th Dec 2007, 18:16

as usual an over reaction and the actual way to get rid of privacy is provide what consumers want not try and stop them doing what they want as they ignore or find a way round it. when tv shows downloads are avaliable at a decent price (subscription models rather than per show) in decent enough quaility without drm or restrictions then you will see a change, before that not very much.

airchie · 10th Dec 2007, 18:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by rewind

FreeNAS looks interesting, albeit complicated. Anyone here using it for sharing across the web ?

Never used it for sharing over the web but I used it at work to set up a simple file server and it worked like a charm.

Bluephoenix · 10th Dec 2007, 20:05

makes it pretty damn useless.

DXR_13KE · 10th Dec 2007, 20:08

this is very dumb.......

edit: just read the list....this is dumber that i thought....

specofdust · 10th Dec 2007, 20:32

This is a real shame. I was dead set on picking up a gorgeous red WD passport 250GB drive to go with my WeePC, but now I think I'll have to find another brand. I really feel like I need to do my tiny bit to punish WD for dicking around their users like this.

Some companies need to remember that WE pay their wages, WE create their profits, and WE control whether they live or die. Not the RI-MotherF***ing-AA.

edit: corrected for noobtastic spelling ;(

completemadness · 10th Dec 2007, 20:40

Strange - i didnt know the MyBook came in a NAS version
My 500GB model has eSATA and USB ....

10th Dec 2007, 14:26	#1
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10th Dec 2007, 15:04	#6
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10th Dec 2007, 15:57	#9
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10th Dec 2007, 16:07	#10
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10th Dec 2007, 16:13	#11
rewind Minimodder Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: UK Posts: 20	True... although the 1TB was going to be a back-up drive too for tunes, videos and pictures I don't want to share. I do have an old P4 2Ghz PC sitting there (massive 30GB storage). Might set this up as a NAS just for sharing and then buy a non-WorldBook for backup. Good plan, cheers. FreeNAS looks interesting, albeit complicated. Anyone here using it for sharing across the web ?

10th Dec 2007, 16:29	#12
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10th Dec 2007, 18:15	#14
Lowsidex2 Multimodder Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: USA Posts: 224	I feel dirty for having been a loyal WD harddrive user for the last decade or more.

10th Dec 2007, 18:16	#15
AcidJiles Multimodder Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 152	as usual an over reaction and the actual way to get rid of privacy is provide what consumers want not try and stop them doing what they want as they ignore or find a way round it. when tv shows downloads are avaliable at a decent price (subscription models rather than per show) in decent enough quaility without drm or restrictions then you will see a change, before that not very much.

10th Dec 2007, 20:05	#17
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10th Dec 2007, 20:08	#18
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specofdust Banned Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Aberdeen, UK, EU Posts: 7,609	This is a real shame. I was dead set on picking up a gorgeous red WD passport 250GB drive to go with my WeePC, but now I think I'll have to find another brand. I really feel like I need to do my tiny bit to punish WD for dicking around their users like this. Some companies need to remember that WE pay their wages, WE create their profits, and WE control whether they live or die. Not the RI-MotherF**ing-AA. edit: corrected for noobtastic spelling ;( __________________ Like marmite, only no-one hates it Mmm bop! Last edited by specofdust; 10th Dec 2007 at 22:17.*

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completemadness Hypermodder Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 887	Strange - i didnt know the MyBook came in a NAS version My 500GB model has eSATA and USB ....