Wednesday, November 26, 2003
iTunes Hacked
Australian IT reports that the download protocols of the amazingly successful iTunes legal downloading service has been hacked by a familiar face in the copyright wars:
Australian IT reports that the download protocols of the amazingly successful iTunes legal downloading service has been hacked by a familiar face in the copyright wars:
A NORWEGIAN who drew the ire of the Hollywood movie industry by breaking the encryption code for DVDs at age 15 has now cracked the codes for Apple Computer's online music site iTunes, a report said. Jon Lech Johansen, nicknamed "DVD Jon" by the local media, has created a program called "QTFairUse" which he posted on an internet site at the weekend, Norwegian online daily IT-avisen reported. The program enables users to circumvent anti-piracy software for Apple's iTunes site and download music for free, instead of paying the normal US99-cent charge per song. Since it started iTunes in April, Apple has sold some 17 million songs.If you're interested, the young programmer in question has his own blog here (ironically named, So Sue Me), but don't think that means I'm recommending you do anything illegal like use the QTFairUse hack!
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