DRM company vows to hack iTunes DRM
A California DRM company has vowed to crack the iTunes DRM so that they can sell a product that allows other DRM companies to make songs that play on iPods.
Confused?
iTunes DRM makes it potentially illegal to make a song that is locked and yet will play on an iPod (why anyone would want a locked song is another matter -- do online music store customers actually desire technology that locks them out of their own music?).
Navio Systems promises to reverse-engineer the iTunes DRM format and offer it to Apple's competitors, who will then be able to able to lock their music with Apple's restrictive software and then offer it for use on iPods (they can presently offer music that plays on the iPod by offering the music in MP3 form, which iPods can also play). Full Story
Confused?
iTunes DRM makes it potentially illegal to make a song that is locked and yet will play on an iPod (why anyone would want a locked song is another matter -- do online music store customers actually desire technology that locks them out of their own music?).
Navio Systems promises to reverse-engineer the iTunes DRM format and offer it to Apple's competitors, who will then be able to able to lock their music with Apple's restrictive software and then offer it for use on iPods (they can presently offer music that plays on the iPod by offering the music in MP3 form, which iPods can also play). Full Story
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