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iTunes DRM Hole Closed

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the closeahole-whacamole dept.

FrYGuY101 writes "As recently covered on Slashdot, there was a hole in iTunes which allowed music to be acquired from the iTunes Music Store without Apple's DRM applied. Well, Apple has just released an update which closes this exploit."

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  1. Stops the RIAA... by datadriven · · Score: 5, Funny

    from filling one of Apple's holes.

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    1. Re:Stops the RIAA... by mfh · · Score: 3, Funny

      Apple holes are usually caused by worms, right?

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    2. Re:Stops the RIAA... by jaavaaguru · · Score: 2, Funny

      No, Windows has the holes before the worms get there.

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  2. It plugs the hole, but unfortunately... by Weaselmancer · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...it requires you place a wad of chewing gum in the headphone jack.

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    rediculous.
  3. Re:No surprise by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    You forgot to mention The Man. The concept of The Man is essential to all sixties-flavored artistic-integrity rants.

    Peace.

  4. Shift by trueguru · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe you just hold the shift key down when you download

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  5. Re:No surprise by Golias · · Score: 2, Funny

    BTW has anyone ever considered themselves a 'programming artist'?

    Yeah. Donald Knuth [stanford.edu], Professor Emeritus of The Art of Computer Programming at Stanford University.

    Heh. I would love a Bachelor of Arts in Computer Programming to go with my Bachelor of Science in Music. :)

    (Dupe posting because mods who didn't get the joke are a little too quick on the "Off topic" trigger today.)

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  6. Oh boy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Do you have any documantation of the "mediocre quality" claim?"

    Yes. The act of lossy compression throws away some of the music. First today is phase information, second to go is all the harmonics, third to go is the complexity of the music.

    "It sounds just as good as CD to me."

    You ask for documentation, and then turn around and say "gee, mediocre music sounds just as good as CD's on my crappy apple-brand ear buds".

    What a revelation. My god. King of the clueless.

    Some people would be content to be ignorant and keep it to themselves. Not you...you parade it like you're proud of not understanding the magic technology in your iPod-magic-box. Ignorance to you is more than bliss, its a badget of courage that lets you say to anybody with an ear or a clue "Hey you, I can't tell the difference between FM radio and a CD, and I'm gawdamn proud of it".

    All hail the power of no-nothing. The land where ignorance is king, and anybody who challenges that is just stupid, or whiny or a geek or something that threatens your iPod (which is Apple supplied Magic).

    Cripes. No wonder the world is a screwed up place. There's probably more than the one of you out there.