![]() ![]() so DRM is not about the law, its about branding and market share. this does not mean you have to break any laws, if you own a tune you are legally allowed to copy it for your own use or put it on to different media. there are plenty of players that dont care what you put on them or where it came from. the arrogant fools think they can dictate how people will buy and use music, surely its obvious that you either give the people what they want, or the people will find someone else who will. if apple get their own way its going to get a lot worse. i'm yet to meet a single person who thinks this system is fair. even if you pay for the tune, you're only paying for it to be used on one player (a single ipod). ![]() fairpaly is the problem, it digitally encrypts AAC files, preventing them from getting used on other players. I hate itunes, and i know several people who have sold their ipods simply because it is so restricitve. big companies like apple and microsoft should realise that if they continue to enforce so much DRM on paying users it will only mean more users turn thier backs on fairplay and choose a nonDRM option. Johansen first rose to the attention of iTunes users when he released QTFairUse, software that opened FairPlay-protected songs. no matter what controls are put in place, there is always a way to overcome the controls, and its almost always as easy as downloading and installing some freeware. The programme enables users to circumvent anti-piracy software for Apples iTunes site and download music for free, instead of paying the normal 99-cent charge per song. Digital restriction management has no hope. Jon Lech Johansen, nicknamed 'DVD Jon' by the local media, has created a programme called 'QTFairUse' which he posted on an internet site at the weekend, Norwegian online daily IT-avisen reported. ![]()
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