iTunes v6 FairPlay DRM Cracked

luaine writes with an Engadget article claiming the cracking of iTunes v6 FairPlay DRM. From the article: "[A] new app called QTFairUse6 looks like it can now be used (with some amount of difficulty) to dump iTunes version 6.0.4 - 6.0.5 files of their chastely protection." At present this is a Windows-only tool for those who are "not afraid to get [their] hands dirty with a little python." Engadget does not provide a link to QTFairUse6, and neither will we. We've run several DRM stories recently, but it's been 19 months since Cracking iTunes' DRM with JHymn.

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Macs have this ability - via iMovie

[cultrhetor]

You don't need a special software tool if you own a Mac. This is a fairly old trick - and time consuming - but it works pretty well. If you have the license for the piece of music (if you're on one of the five computers licensed to listen to the track), you can open it without problems in iMovie, save it as an AIFF file (uncompressed audio), and then import it into iTunes as an mp3 or whatever you choose. It works pretty well - and it's a bit of a lifesaver if your wife happens to crash her Windows box on a regular basis, forcing a reformat and reinstall about once every six months.

Oh, NOW you won't link to it?

[Wesley Felter]

Sure, everybody will link to the tool that cracks Windows Media DRM, but when it's time to crack FairPlay people start getting self-righteous.

Re:Another Stupid Headline

[Just Some Guy]

Why cant they just make an iPod phone? 90% of college kids would buy them.

Wired had a good print article on that a few months ago. Summary: you have to get a cell carrier to distribute the phones, and none of them want to let you upload music to your phone for free instead of making you pay to send it through their data network.

Re:Uh...

[LexNaturalis]

Any why won't you provide a link to the software?

The editor(s) actually lied (or are ignorant). Engadget has a link to the software so all you have to do is go to the Engadget story and click "Read" and it sends you straight to the forum where you can download the software. It seems that Either the editor(s) or the submitter didn't even both to follow the link from Engadget.