Hacker breaks link between iTunes and the iPod

sevenoneeighty

Niiiice.
Just a matter of time. Bye Bye DRM....

http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article3403705.ece

February 20, 2008
Hacker breaks link between iTunes and the iPod
Software letting iTunes users copy music and video to mobile phones has been released by the hacker known as DVD Jon
Jonathan Richards

A notorious Norwegian hacker known as DVD Jon is preparing for another run-in with the music industry after he released software that lets iPod owners copy music and videos bought from iTunes and play it on other devices.

The program allows people to drag and drop songs from iTunes into a folder on their desktop, which in turn copies the files to other devices such as mobile phones and games consoles via the web.

In doing so, the software breaks the copy protection - known as 'digital rights management' or DRM - that is built into all music that is bought from iTunes. Music bought from iTunes can be played only on the iPod.

DoubleTwist, DVD Jon's company, maintains that its service is legal, but lawyers said that Apple would almost certainly seek to shut it down because the law now specifically targeted technologies which attempted to circumvent measures such as DRM....