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Apple DMCAs iPodHash Project
TRS-80 writes "Apple has sent a DMCA takedown notice to the IpodHash project, claiming it circumvents their FairPlay DRM scheme. Some background: Apple first added a hash to the iTunesDB file in 6th-gen iPods, but it was quickly reverse-engineered. They changed it with the release of iPhone 2.0 and a project was started to reverse the new hash, but wasn't successful yet. My guess is Apple used the same algorithm as FairPlay for the new hash, so Apple could use the DMCA to prevent competing apps like Songbird and Banshee from talking to iPods/iPhones. BTW, don't tell Apple, but the project uses a wiki, so the old page versions from before the takedown are still there."
Is it cold in here?
Mama, just killed a man,
Put a gun against his head, pulled my trigger, now hes dead,
Mama, life had just begun,
But now Ive gone and thrown it all away-
Mama, ooo,
Didnt mean to make you cry, If Im not back again this time tomorrow-
Carry on,carry on,as if nothing really matters-
Too late, my time has come, Sends shivers down my spine-
Bodys aching all the time,
Goodbye everybody-Ive got to go, gotta leave you all behind and face the truth-
Mama, ooo, I dont want to die,
I sometimes wish Id never been born at all