Linux legend DVD Jon brings music sharing software to Facebook
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| Who could forget DVD Jon, the Linux guru who was co-author of DeCSS? This
| Linux application 'unlocked' DVDs with content otherwise protected by Content
| Scrambling System (CSS) encryption and landed DVD Jon in front of a judge.
| Which did not stop him from continuing his quest to free audiovisual content
| from the chains of whatever encryption is being used to tie it to the
| original format. Perhaps most notoriously with his uncanny ability to quickly
| break new DRM systems such as the Fairplay wrapper for iTunes music for
| example.
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http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry2100.html
Related:
A Linux User's Perspective on the ITunes Store (and DRM in General)
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| What if tomorrow you went to Best Buy or Walmart or Sam Goody and purchased a
| CD? What if, before you left the store, the salesman told you that although
| the CD was in all other respects a standard CD, that you could only play it
| if you owned a Pioneer or Sony stereo? Would that make any sense? Would it
| make you a bit hesitant about buying music from that store again?
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| Well, if you purchase music or videos from the iTunes Store,
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| With content from the iTunes Store, however, users may find themselves a bit
| stuck if they ever want to make the switch to a more open computing platform,
| such as Linux. Because none of the DRM-restricted content from the iTunes
| Store will play on Linux. And it's all because that's how Apple wants it, to
| be honest, and not because of any technical limitation.
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http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/324936/a_linux_users_perspective_on_the_itunes.html
Apple's latest trick to enforce digital rights
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| With this version of iTunes, users were finding that music
| subjected to the old download-burn-rip would no longer
| load onto their iPods.
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http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/07/06/09/10131156.html
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