Apple iBooks Copy Protection Cracked for First Time

MacRumors · Feb 25, 2012, 10:27 AM

The Digital Reader points to reports that Apple's iBooks Digital Rights Management (DRM) copy protection has been cracked for the first time:

Quote:

Reports are coming in today that the latest version of Requiem, an app that removes Fairplay DRM from music and videos sold via iTunes, will now also remove the DRM from iBooks ebooks.

The news is notable in that it's the first time that iBooks DRM has been circumvented. This would allow iBooks downloaded from iTunes to be used on other platforms besides Apple's iBooks reader.

Apple's DRM for music and movies have been circumvented in the past, and resulted in a cat and mouse game of updates to iTunes to disable these hacks. Apple will likely respond in a similar fashion to this hack.

Article Link: Apple iBooks Copy Protection Cracked for First Time

arn · Feb 25, 2012, 10:29 AM

You are welcome to discuss the merits of DRM and circumventing it, but please no links to such software, etc...

firemedicmark · Feb 25, 2012, 10:31 AM

stupid pirates!

it was only a matter of time though

Sjhonny · Feb 25, 2012, 10:34 AM

<wishfull thinking>
Maybe this is a reason for Apple to drop the drm on the ibook ebooks altogether (like what happened with the AAC's)
</wishfull thinking>

AppleMark · Feb 25, 2012, 10:34 AM

It was always going to happen at some stage.

alex00100 · 10:45 AM

What for?
I understand that its a kind of sport for hackers, but for end-user...

Quote:

Originally Posted by firemedicmark

stupid pirates!

Pirates? I dont see anything related to pirating. Its just hacking formats.

AppleMark · Feb 25, 2012, 10:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alex00100

What for?

"Because it is there" - George Mallory

Oletros · Feb 25, 2012, 10:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alex00100

What for?
I understand that its a kind of sport for hackers, but for end-user...

Device switch, for example.

SmokyD · Feb 25, 2012, 10:44 AM

iBooks has been hacked
but most people use iPads
so it won't matter

logandzwon · Feb 25, 2012, 10:46 AM

You can't read iBook on your desktop. Not even Mac OS X can read iBooks. This is the main reason I stopped buying ebooks from iBooks.

Now I can. Thanks "stupid pirates"

diamond3 · 10:50 AM

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One legitimate benefit is that this would maybe allow you to read your own book that you purchased on the computer instead of just iDevices.

Edit: ah beat me to it.
Also, I wonder if this would allow you to pull up the textbook in iBooks author. Isnt the textbook format kind of unique in that it's likely no other ebook software will read it?

Nielsenius · Feb 25, 2012, 10:54 AM

Maybe now we can start reading iBooks on our Macs!

SixSlinger · Feb 25, 2012, 10:57 AM

I had never heard of Requiem until yesterday when this news hit. It works perfectly on movies and tv shows as well. Nice to finally OWN my stuff!!

cambookpro · Feb 25, 2012, 10:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alex00100

What for?
I understand that its a kind of sport for hackers, but for end-user...

Pirates? I dont see anything related to pirating. Its just hacking formats.

Oh I dunno...

Reading on a Mac
Reading on Kindle
Able to copy and paste from iBooks
Reading on any other ereader
etc...

andyprit · Feb 25, 2012, 10:59 AM

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I've never understood DRM, it's premise seems to be to penalise those who purchase content legally, whilst pirates still get their more flexible content for free.

ineedamac · Feb 25, 2012, 11:00 AM

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If you have an iOS device why would you want to sit and read an iBook on your Mac? It would seem to me the better user experience is on an iOS device.

chriscrk · Feb 25, 2012, 11:01 AM

Now is a better time than ever for them to include iBooks on the Mac App Store anyway... They should include it when Mountain Lion comes out, it could compete against the Kindle.

subsonix · Feb 25, 2012, 11:03 AM

Seems a bit limited in that the reader must support everything that is supported in iBooks, for plain text it wouldn't make a difference I guess but..

HelixOmnimedia · Feb 25, 2012, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by SixSlinger

I had never heard of Requiem until yesterday when this news hit. It works perfectly on movies and tv shows as well. Nice to finally OWN my stuff!!

So how does it work?

root42 · Feb 25, 2012, 11:05 AM

One reason for DRM free stuff: Since Lion I am using Plex as a media solution on my MacBook Pro, because Frontrow got kicked. But Plex can't play my DRM'ed iTunes videos. So obviously I would love to be able to remove the DRM. Lots of music from iTunes is already DRM free and people are buying it. So it seems that DRM is not necessary for a commercial success. I would guess that the same goes for movies. Of course, movies are a different beast: there are albums that I listen to almost daily. I wouldn't watch a movie more than 1x a year for example. Plus movies are generally rather expensive in the iTunes store. So while I'd like to see all media be DRM free, I guess Apple will have a hard time convincing the movie industry to go along with this.

lifeinhd · Feb 25, 2012, 11:09 AM

This is why I never purchase content from Apple-- I like to own my stuff without stipulations as to how my stuff can or can't be used.

This is a move in the right direction-- until it gets blocked of course.

marcusj0015 · Feb 25, 2012, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by ineedamac

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If you have an iOS device why would you want to sit and read an iBook on your Mac? It would seem to me the better user experience is on an iOS device.

There are many factors, one being battery, other being screensize (iphone/ipod) and yet another being, theres no reason to limit peoples uses.

SixSlinger · Feb 25, 2012, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by HelixOmnimedia

So how does it work?

Just use google, find version 3.3 and either drag files/folders onto the icon or the program will auto scan for all DRM and do all the work for you.

Dead simple.

dethmaShine · Feb 25, 2012, 11:18 AM

I'm really bothered by two things:

- No iBooks on OS X.
- Cannot copy paste content from my purchased copy of iBook. It's ridiculous. Apple just do something please.

mpress03 · Feb 25, 2012, 11:19 AM

Isn't Calibre already able to do this? I haven't used it but I thought I read that it could.

Feb 25, 2012, 10:29 AM	#2
arn macrumors god Join Date: Apr 2001	You are welcome to discuss the merits of DRM and circumventing it, but please no links to such software, etc...
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Feb 25, 2012, 10:31 AM	#3
firemedicmark macrumors 6502 Join Date: Sep 2005	stupid pirates! it was only a matter of time though
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Feb 25, 2012, 10:34 AM	#4
Sjhonny macrumors 6502 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: The land of the cucumbers	<wishfull thinking> Maybe this is a reason for Apple to drop the drm on the ibook ebooks altogether (like what happened with the AAC's) </wishfull thinking> __________________ I'm Random, you're number two
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Feb 25, 2012, 10:34 AM	#5
AppleMark macrumors regular Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: London, UK	It was always going to happen at some stage. __________________ Although I may not always reply to negative comments, this will not necessarily mean that I concede the point.
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Feb 25, 2012, 10:44 AM	#9
SmokyD macrumors regular Join Date: Jan 2007	iBooks has been hacked but most people use iPads so it won't matter
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Feb 25, 2012, 10:46 AM	#10
logandzwon macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jan 2007	You can't read iBook on your desktop. Not even Mac OS X can read iBooks. This is the main reason I stopped buying ebooks from iBooks. Now I can. Thanks "stupid pirates"
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Feb 25, 2012, 10:47 AM	#11
diamond3 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Oct 2005	Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 5_0_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/534.46 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1 Mobile/9A405 Safari/7534.48.3) One legitimate benefit is that this would maybe allow you to read your own book that you purchased on the computer instead of just iDevices. Edit: ah beat me to it. Also, I wonder if this would allow you to pull up the textbook in iBooks author. Isnt the textbook format kind of unique in that it's likely no other ebook software will read it? Last edited by diamond3; Feb 25, 2012 at 10:50 AM.
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Feb 25, 2012, 10:54 AM	#12
Nielsenius macrumors 6502a Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Virginia	Maybe now we can start reading iBooks on our Macs! __________________ 15" MacBook Pro with Retina Display 27" Cinema Display iPhone 5
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Feb 25, 2012, 10:57 AM	#13
SixSlinger macrumors member Join Date: Jun 2007	Works Perfectly I had never heard of Requiem until yesterday when this news hit. It works perfectly on movies and tv shows as well. Nice to finally OWN my stuff!!
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Feb 25, 2012, 10:59 AM	#15
andyprit macrumors newbie Join Date: Oct 2011	Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 5_0_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/534.46 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1 Mobile/9A406 Safari/7534.48.3) I've never understood DRM, it's premise seems to be to penalise those who purchase content legally, whilst pirates still get their more flexible content for free.
	45

Feb 25, 2012, 11:00 AM	#16
ineedamac macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Ohio	Wirelessly posted (iPhone 4: Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 5_0_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/534.46 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1 Mobile/9A405 Safari/7534.48.3) If you have an iOS device why would you want to sit and read an iBook on your Mac? It would seem to me the better user experience is on an iOS device.
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Feb 25, 2012, 11:01 AM	#17
chriscrk macrumors regular Join Date: Nov 2011	Now is a better time than ever for them to include iBooks on the Mac App Store anyway... They should include it when Mountain Lion comes out, it could compete against the Kindle.
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Feb 25, 2012, 11:03 AM	#18
subsonix macrumors 68000 Join Date: Feb 2008	Seems a bit limited in that the reader must support everything that is supported in iBooks, for plain text it wouldn't make a difference I guess but..
	2

Feb 25, 2012, 11:05 AM	#20
root42 macrumors newbie Join Date: Sep 2011	One reason for DRM free stuff: Since Lion I am using Plex as a media solution on my MacBook Pro, because Frontrow got kicked. But Plex can't play my DRM'ed iTunes videos. So obviously I would love to be able to remove the DRM. Lots of music from iTunes is already DRM free and people are buying it. So it seems that DRM is not necessary for a commercial success. I would guess that the same goes for movies. Of course, movies are a different beast: there are albums that I listen to almost daily. I wouldn't watch a movie more than 1x a year for example. Plus movies are generally rather expensive in the iTunes store. So while I'd like to see all media be DRM free, I guess Apple will have a hard time convincing the movie industry to go along with this.
	11

Feb 25, 2012, 11:09 AM	#21
lifeinhd macrumors 65816 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: 127.0.0.1	This is why I never purchase content from Apple-- I like to own my stuff without stipulations as to how my stuff can or can't be used. This is a move in the right direction-- until it gets blocked of course. __________________ PowerBook G5, 1.67GHz MacBook Pro, iPhone Nano, iPhone 6, Apple Television Set
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Feb 25, 2012, 11:18 AM	#24
dethmaShine macrumors 68000 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Into the lungs of Hell	I'm really bothered by two things: - No iBooks on OS X. - Cannot copy paste content from my purchased copy of iBook. It's ridiculous. Apple just do something please. __________________ Steve is smiling down from above. -darkfiber
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Feb 25, 2012, 11:19 AM	#25
mpress03 macrumors newbie Join Date: Feb 2012	Isn't Calibre already able to do this? I haven't used it but I thought I read that it could.
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