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Apple's DRM Whack-a-Mole

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the ouch-ouch-ouch-ouch dept.

Mateo_LeFou writes "Gulf News has a nice piece exposing the last couple generations of Apple's DRM strategy (you didn't really think they were abandoning DRM, did you?). Article focuses on how quickly the tactics are worked around, and how nasty the latest one is: purchased iTunes now have your personal data in them. Author suspects that this is to prevent you uploading them to a network."

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  1. Re:File sharing is NOT illegal by jfengel · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Anonymous Coward is correct. AC is also a semantics-playing jackass. File sharing is not a crime, per se.

    It is, however, a tort. That means they can sue you if you do it, and the court can impose very large financial penalties (but not jail time).

    So it's "not illegal" in a narrow, technical sense. In a broader sense, that the law says you may find your ass in court and forced to pay money, it's very much illegal.

    To repeat: AC is a jackass.