hackinthebox.org — It's only been a day since Apple updated iTunes to version 7, but the folks over at the Hymn project have already posted a new version of a program that can be used to remove the DRM from songs purchased from it.
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ipirateSep 16, 2006
I wish we could "My #1" comments. wphj's would be up there on my list, lol.
arthursucksSep 16, 2006
HAHAHAHA!
joeymadSep 16, 2006
Just for your information, YES iPod Games are DRM'd. I bought Vortex and a friend of mine bought MiniGolf. We swapped files, and I cannot play his MiniGolf game, he cannot play my Vortex game. I have taken apart the .ipg file and swapped .bin.sinf file that contains the purchaser's name. This tricked iTunes into thinking that I own the MiniGolf game and it synced it to my iPod. However, upon starting, the game claims it is out of date, and the version is no longer supported.Back on topic: The DRM in the .m4p and the .ipg files seem to be very different. Taking a random guess (an educated guess at that), I would say NO, QTFairUse6 does not work on iPod Games.
gweedo767Sep 16, 2006
QTFairUse6 doesn't actually crack the DRM. All it does is grab the version that iTunes already decrypted in memory and then saves that to a new file for you. FairUse4WM truly breaks an encryption scheme. I know they both have the same end result, but it should be made clear.
brianmostSep 18, 2006
Edit: Nevermind.
harperskaSep 29, 2006
But how many of the music buying public 1. know that they can get around the root kit installer (shift key etc.), or 2. even know what a root kit is. Hint - think of all the people with spyware vs. how many people know the safe practices to avoid the stuff. I am opposed to buying possibly rootkited CDs not because we the geeks know that it is there, but because of all the people out there who don't know they are being screwed. The common person *knows* that their computer is out of their control - controlling them rather than them controlling it. People assume that a computer will get spyware, and their cds will control how they listen to them. And this is a dangerous path to go down.
waldosaxNov 3, 2006
"What did everyone do before they could pirate music? We paid for our records and CDs and gave payment to the artist."Yes, but then we made mix tapes and gave them to all our friends, so it's not all that different. It's just a matter of scale.
codesuthNov 12, 2006
Anyone good at getting the word out? Lets call for an international week worth of zero sales for both CD and onlne. The only way to get the RIAA's attention is to hit em in the pocketbook.
inajeepJan 6, 2009
2 years 112 days ago to be exact.