DVD Jon, a hacker famous for his DeCSS program that unlocks the Content Scrambling System is claiming he has cracked Apple’s playback restrictions used in the iTunes Music Store.
With his technique, you can play the music you downloaded from iTunes on any other MP3 player. Unfortunatly, unlike his previous work, which he usually posts for free Johansen is planning to sell his technique to an unnamed client.
More coverage at CNN
October 26th, 2006 at 8:13 am
It’s too bad he’s not giving it out for Free. Can’t stand these damn restrictions since I get most of my music from iTunes!