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iTunes 4.6, DRM, and Hymn

Posted by pudge on from the here-we-go-again dept.

fluffy writes "Although the recent iTunes 4.6 upgrade refuses to play music decrypted with Hymn, there's already a trivially-simple workaround, demonstrated within hours of the iTunes release, which still preserves the 'fair use' intent of the tool. What move will Apple take against Hymn next?"

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  1. Re:Maybe now people will see . . . by DiscoOnTheSide · · Score: 3, Funny

    Company!? Try and MAKE MONEY!? Perish the thought.

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  2. Re:Maybe now people will see . . . by redragon · · Score: 2, Funny

    My iPod has taken flight from the treadmill on several occasions. I just don't feel comfortable with it on my hip, so I set it on the console...once in a while a swinging arm snags it, and I attempt to not step on it while it shoots off the back of the treadmil...

    Keeps on tickin though. :)

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  3. Re:Maybe now people will see . . . by dgatwood · · Score: 4, Funny
    Keeps on tickin though. :)

    For a hard drive, perhaps ticking isn't necessarily a good sign? :-)

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  4. Re:Wrong direction by cedmond · · Score: 2, Funny

    Location of iTunes library file not changeable (and in users' homedir).
    Mine is on a server. Try LOOKING at the preferences.

    Hey man, cut him some slack. It's under the "Advanced" tab. Maybe he was afraid to look under there. ;)

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  5. Re:Don't like cat & mouse games... by slughead · · Score: 2, Funny

    Apple really shot itself in the foot on this one.

    or did they? perhaps they were merely trying to force pirates to take their names off of their files so that they could distribute them and run them on iPods, while taking money away from the RIAA!

    Since apple has "teamed up" with the RIAA, it must mean that they plan to get in bed with them and then pull a Bobbitt! YAY APPLE! YOU GO GIRL!

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  6. Re:Don't like cat & mouse games... by ChuyMatt · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wow... We really need a +1 weird on /.