Johansen is back: Breaking iTunes encryption

[Apple Architect]

Anyone else seen this ?


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7253542.stm

 

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Hmm, he's back at it again!

Though I can't imagine this one will last too long, will he get hit with the triple whammy? Apple lawsuit, RIAA lawsuit, and changed iTunes code?

 

[NightStorm]

Is this really anything new? It sounds to me that they aren't doing anything you couldn't already do manually. If I read that article correctly, the software is breaking encryption, it is getting around it using methods very close to those already known...

The software converts media stored in one file format to those used by the other devices in a system that mimics the process of ripping a CD onto a computer.

One hundred songs can be converted in about half and hour, with a slight degradation in sound quality, according to the firm.

The only thing he's doing is trying to make a buck by using the iTunes name. He's fitting right into the corporate lifestyle that he was supposedly so against.

"All we are facilitating are friends sending things to one another," Ms Farantzos told the Reuters news agency.

Isn't this a textbook definition of piracy?

 

[Can]

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Interesting futures include swiftly removal of Apples DRM protection when moving your ITunes library over to (example) your sony ericsson mobile phone.

Despite the breaking of protections and restrictions on files the makers behind doubleTwist are not fronting piracy but fronting the case of legal file sharing making it simpler to use the media you have purchased legally.

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With digital media such as video from a friend’s cell phone or your own iTunes playlists, it’s a jungle out there. It can be an hour-long exercise in futility to convert files to the correct format and transfer them to your Sony PSP or your phone” said Monique Farantzos, co-founder and CEO of doubleTwist. “The digital media landscape has become a tower of Babel, alienating and frustrating consumers. Our goal is to provide a simple and well integrated solution that the average consumer can use to eliminate the headaches associated with their expanding digital universe.”

And yes, we are of course talking FREE software.

 

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FYI, there's an "official" thread about this topic here:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/437895/