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"DVD Jon" Reverse Engineers FairPlay
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.
DarkJG: Note that the person you're replying to is not referring to songs specifically bought by the iTunes store.
Mr2001: Which other software can play Apple's protected AAC files?
Your arguing at cross-puroses, about different things, I don't think that will solve much.
My take on this is, that no one forces you to actually buy music from iTMS, you do so of free-will, and knowing that it is protected, and propably will not play elsewhere. Therefore, if you do, you only have you to blaim, not EVIL DRM.
IMO, iTunes DRM (FairPlay) is probably the best DRM scheme on the market right now, I don't know a single person who has run into a DRM problem (I'm at 3/5 machines, and unregging one is simple). It is optional. Rather unabtrusive. No real problems, but then again I don't have a problem with rational DRM schemes, ones that don't hinder function.
Mark me troll at will.
A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government. -edward abbey
DRM'd content is not a secret "message," it's media. If your argument boils down to "you can always hold a camcorder in front of your TV," you should say that up front, so that people can ignore you more readily. DRM is real, and people should not be misled into thinking that it's always going to be as toothless as it is now.
Sure. You don't get out much, do you? I have a feeling that you *think* you know what this country is like, but you haven't actually experienced it yourself. I hate Bush as much as the next guy, but spouting nonesense doesn't help the cause.
What really pisses me off are people who want to leave the US (or at least express desire to) because they want the US to change. Huh? If you want the US to change, it's a lot easier to do something while here, while a voting citizen. Pissed off? Do something about it instead of whining. Vote OUT incumbents, vote OUT Repulicans, and get active.
If you leave, the percentage of people who accept and agree with this administration goes up. How does that help other than proving yourself a coward. Be brave and fight for the America you want; don't run from the America you fear. If you run, then the administration wins.