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.

Comments

Re:Behold...

[growse]

It'd crack it 10 times quicker if they'd done it in perl :p

Why not Napster?

[robpoe]

14.99 / month for Napster 2 Go.

$15.00 one time charge for WMAConvert software..

All the unprotected MP3 files I could ever need.

Yeah, ok, so I'm listening to sound quality that's less because I went from one lossy to another. BFD - I can't hear the difference anyway.

As long as I have my Napster subscription -- I can download all the stuff I want, and I'll rely on Fair Use Copyright Law to rest my conscience. No, I don't upload or share.

I just can't stand slow assed .WMV files...

Whew

[leoPetr]

I stopped buying iTunes music after upgrading to version 6 and finding out that jHymn no longer worked. If I can't play it in Winamp, I am not going to buy it. Once this is incorporated into jHymn, I will be able to give Apple money again. Thank you.

And, no, I can't take my money to eMusic or AllOfMp3. iTMS has artists that those two do not (and vice versa). Copyright is a temporary monopoly. If a label doesn't have a deal with a store, I can't get its stuff.