http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=73567Hackers Get Around iTunes Copy Protection
March 21, 2005
Three programmers have created new software for users of Linux-based systems to purchase music from Apple's popular iTunes store, but the program also gets around the copy protection on songs. The program, called PyMusique, is also available for Windows and experts say Apple could take legal action against the programmers. Apple has closely guarded its digital-rights management software. According to CNet.com, songs purchased through PyMusique are saved in the .AAC format, but skip a step that adds Apple's copy protection to the file.
The PyMusique software was co-written by Norwegian programmer Jon Johansen, who infamously cracked DVD protection coding in 1999. One of his fellow programmers, teenager Cody Brocious, spoke to CNet.com, saying, "The intent of the project was to be able to purchase files from the iTunes Music Store I believe very firmly that the project is ethical and does nothing but good for the community at large." He added that the ability to save the songs without copy protection was a by-product of the software's setup with the iTunes store.
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bypassing Itunes's copy protection
i know that this is more for the jukebox,but this will be of interest to you tech heads.
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Interesting. This could be an interesting battle in the courts and with the way that apple has been dealing with hackers, I'd say it will surely end up in court sooner or later. They aren't hacking anything in theory. All they are doing is not applying the anti-piracy stuff that the Itunes software applies after downloading the music. In this way they are not directly hacking any anti-piracy things, but because the terms of service for itunes states that you can only access it with Apple software, they could be prosecuted based on that.
A lawyer points out that the DMCA is so loosely worded (gee a real big shock there) that even though they aren't breaking the encryption, they can still be prosecuted under the dmca.
We'll see how this all turns out but if they get some good lawyers, they might be able to work against the DMCA. Maybe it could even get thrown out. That would be sweet.
Interesting. This could be an interesting battle in the courts and with the way that apple has been dealing with hackers, I'd say it will surely end up in court sooner or later. They aren't hacking anything in theory. All they are doing is not applying the anti-piracy stuff that the Itunes software applies after downloading the music. In this way they are not directly hacking any anti-piracy things, but because the terms of service for itunes states that you can only access it with Apple software, they could be prosecuted based on that.
A lawyer points out that the DMCA is so loosely worded (gee a real big shock there) that even though they aren't breaking the encryption, they can still be prosecuted under the dmca.
We'll see how this all turns out but if they get some good lawyers, they might be able to work against the DMCA. Maybe it could even get thrown out. That would be sweet.