[IP] more on iTunes FairPlay DRM is cracked
Begin forwarded message:
From: Giles Robertson <gilesr@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: September 5, 2006 5:40:25 AM EDT
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [IP] iTunes FairPlay DRM is cracked
Dave - IP if you wish
The DRM hasn't, itself, been cracked. All this does is capture the AAC
frames before they're decompressed by iTunes, so iTunes must be
present, must play the file, and metadata etc must be entered into the
new file.
The DRM itself is as strong as ever; this exploits a weakness in the
player. Which only goes to show that DRM is a security problem right
along the usage chain, but we knew that already.
All this said, I wish this group wouldn't use "FairUse" in their
program names. It will make defending fair use rights harder if "fair
use" becomes a synonym for piracy.
Giles Robertson
P.S. On investigation, metadata conversion is automated - see
changelog http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=115377
On 04/09/06, David Farber <dave@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Begin forwarded message:
From: Monty Solomon <monty@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: September 4, 2006 11:28:51 AM EDT
To: undisclosed-recipient:;
Subject: iTunes FairPlay DRM is cracked
iTunes FairPlay DRM is cracked
By Macworld staff
August 31, 2006
Anti-copy protection activists have released a new solution that
breaks Apple's FairPlay DRM, which secures iTunes-purchased tracks.
The solution, QTFairUse6, comes from the same activists who this week
unleashed FairUse4WM, which can strip copy protection from Windows
Media files.
...
http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=15725
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