Home › News › Industry News
iTunes DRM cracked wide open for GNU/Linux
"We're about to find out what Apple really thinks about Fair Use," Johansen told The Register via email.
Johansen cracked iTunes DRM scheme in November by releasing code for a small Windows program that dumps the stream to disk in raw AAC format. This raw format required some trivial additions to convert it to an MP4 file that could be played on any capable computer.
Read more: [URL=http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/34712.html]The Register[/URL].
User Comments (3)
Post a comment|
StormBringer
on January 6, 2004 1:25 PM |
Guess Johansen likes to live dangerously, either that or he is feeling a bit "bulletproof" after his defeat of the MPAA [url]http://news.com.com/2100-1025-5134835.html?tag=cnetfd.b zz[/url] |
|
MrGaribaldi
on January 6, 2004 4:00 PM |
Hehe..The point is that he's allready been aquitted twice in the MPAA case, and the new program falls into the same category in Norwegian law...All he does is remove the protection so he can make a legal copy for himself... Gotta love those Fair Use paragraphs :) |
|
Federelli
on January 6, 2004 6:31 PM |
hehehee :D:DSmart guy indeed, more guys like him are needed around the globe, brave guys with brains |
Most Popular
| Trending | Featured |
-
iOS 5.1.1 untethered jailbreak tool released, supports 4S, iPad 3
-
After five days, Facebook ranks as worst IPO flop of the decade
-
Rumor: Windows 8 RC will launch June 1, will ship with Adobe Flash
-
Diablo III becomes the fastest-selling PC game in history
-
Rumor: AMD "Piledriver" FX CPU production to begin Q3 2012
Editors' Monitor Picks
Subscribe to TechSpot
Get free exclusive content, learn about new features and tech breaking news.
