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DVD Jon Creates DRM Killer

Posted by kdawson on from the copy-with-abandon dept.

Firmafest writes to let us know that 'DVD Jon' Lech Johansen's company has released an open beta of DoubleTwist, a desktop application that allows the user to copy media to any device. There's a Facebook app too. The software is available for download at Doubletwistventures.com. Currently only Windows is supported, but a Macintosh version is on the way.

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  1. Supported Formants by milsoRgen · · Score: 5, Informative
    Supported Media Formats

    Video: 3gp (used by most cell phones), MPEG4 (.mp4, .m4v), wmv, avi and MPEG2 (.mpg, .mpv, .mpeg) Audio: mp3, aac/m4a, wma, wav Pictures: jpg, gif, png, bmp
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  2. Setup Wants an E-Mail Address by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    On a whim, I tried installing this. Once the setup is complete, it wants my e-mail address to create an "account" for me... and it installs a couple of other programs I didn't agree to. Sorry, not interested - deleted.

    1. Re:Setup Wants an E-Mail Address by d3ac0n · · Score: 5, Informative

      Looks like this is an "Online Only" program. Basically, if you don't have an account to sign into, it doesn't work. It is NOT a standalone application, but a networked application.

      Looks to me like they are trying to create another Kazaa or Napster.

      Too bad. It seemed much nicer when I thought it was a standalone. I have no interest in running yet another networked application just to gain access to what should be a standalone function.

      Excuse me, I have to go uninstall this now.

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