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"DVD Jon" Reverse Engineers FairPlay

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the double-twist-of-fate dept.

breun writes to bring us up to date on the doings of Jon Lech Johansen, known as "DVD Jon" after he cracked CSS encryption at the age of 15. As reported by GigaOM's Liz Gannes, Johansen has now reverse-engineered Apple's FairPlay DRM — but not to crack it. Instead Johansen's company, DoubleTwist Ventures, wants to license the tech to media companies shut out by Apple from playing their content on the iPod. And, soon, on the iTV. Johansen could end up selling a lot of hardware for Apple.

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  1. Swedes Don't Care by wolff000 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Not really but the laws concerning patents, copyrights and the like are vastly didferent in Sweden. I'm sure he'll get a C&D, it just won't stop him. GO DVD JON! He's one of my pirate heroes!

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  2. Re:iTMS gives the iPod legitimacy. by ObiWanKenblowme · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Why do you think they should license FairPlay to make it a de facto standard, when, by your own admission, it's already the de facto standard?

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