Apple's DRM Whack-a-Mole

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."

Comments

In English?

[jginspace]

Could we have that in English please?

Please someone create a tool

[Timesprout]

to insert a new name and email address so Steve, Bill and a couple of RIAA execs can become the biggest uploaders in the history of filesharing.

Re:These guys are a joke

[VJ42]

I personally read every EULA I accept. Why bother, I just let my cat stand on my keyboard; if my cat wants to enter into an agreement with $Software_Company who am I to stop her? Besides, here in the UK the validity of EULAs are dubious anyway. My under 16 cousins are installing software all the time, no one can seriously enforce the terms of a EULA on them as minors can't legally enter into contracts anyway.

Re:It's stored in plaintext...

[Dunbal]

So? Overwrite the info, then. Better yet, put Steve Jobs' info in there.

Re:Couldn't be more ranty, or wrong

[suv4x4]

IAWTC.

WHAT..?

(^ that's not an acronym)

Re:Couldn't be more ranty, or wrong

[Anonymous Coward]

He's the World Trade Center. No, I don't know why he'd think that makes sense either.

Re:shame on Apple

[duckbillplatypus]

Yeah right, because, if someone steals my laptop, my biggest concern would be my name and email address embedded in my iTunes music (Tongue-in-cheek). Please!

Dude, I think this is the perfect slashdot article

[antifoidulus]

Its:

a)Late, this stuff came out weeks ago

b)Wrong, as many posts have already demonstrated

c)Pompous, well, 'nuff said on that one

It's got the holy trifecta that all /. articles seem to want. Best /. article ever!

Re:Right click, Convert to AAC/MP3/etc.

[Anonymous Coward]

"...and overwrote them with useless data (Anonymous User and someoneelse)"

So you're the "Anonymous User" I've been downloading all my music from. Thanks dude.

Re:Apple's Encoded ID data is reasonable and fair.

[Anonymous Coward]

Wait! Wait! Wait!

You're telling me, by digging through my trash, someone can find out where I live?

Re:Right click, Convert to AAC/MP3/etc.

[Jah-Wren Ryel]

They're fucking ID3 tags (or whatever the m4a equivalent is), nothing more, so you can strip them using your favorite tag editor. Stripping and fucking ID3 tags?

Man, you need to get out more.

Re:Couldn't be more ranty, or wrong

[Doctor_Jest]

There's just no convincing some morons, though. I've been trying to say that for YEARS... there are some people that are CONVINCED the iPod won't play MP3s... EVEN WHEN I SHOW THEM... "oh that's an apple mp3" WTF? Are you TRYING to be stupidest person of the year?

This is such a non-story, it almost feels like they're SEARCHING for something to piss and moan about.

For chrissakes, people... BITCH WHEN THERE'S A NEED TO...

Re:These guys are a joke

[toddestan]

Nothing like insulting your readers to generate positive responses. I personally read every EULA I accept.

So in other words, you accept none of them?