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Service to bypass Apple, offer music for iPod

updated 09:45 am EST, Fri November 18, 2005

FairPlay DRM cracked?


One company claims to have reverse-engineered Apple's FairPlay DRM and will begin offering consumers the option of purchasing songs that can be played on the iPod, a PC, or other digital devices. The service, which would bypass Apple and iTunes' copy-protection, would store the rights in a cental place, allowing users to easily re-download their songs or even share songs depending on the purchased rights: ", Navio has reverse-engineered the iPod’s Fairplay software so that Navio can deliver copy-protected songs in a format that will play on the device.)"


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  1. TailsToo

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    11/18, 10:01am | report spam | Reply |

    Dumb

    Wait 'till Apple changes the firmware and breaks the software... I wouldn't want to have to face the customer wrath after their music stops working.

  1. SpaceMonkey

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    11/18, 10:05am | report spam | Reply |

    Sounds familiar

    This will go the same way as Real's effort to "free" the iPod from the iTMS. Apple will just keep updating FairPlay and/or iTunes and/or the iPod, and Navio users will be perpetually one step behind, without reliable use of their iPod.

  1. eldarkus

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    11/18, 10:09am | report spam | Reply |

    re: Dumb

    "There is nothing Apple can do to prevent this."

    HAHAHAHAHAhA!!! famous last words.. :)

    You are absolutely correct. Apple already broke Real's attempt, and also blocked jhymm's attempt as well (with iTunes 6.0)...

  1. ronboor

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    11/18, 10:17am | report spam | Reply |

    Short sighted

    Do they really think that Apple can't update FairPlay? How about the next time Apple updates iPod or iTunes 7, will their 'fix' still work? NO! Of course, this is an announced product, not a shipping product. Easy to make claims when you don't have to back it up.

  1. TheBum

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    11/18, 10:17am | report spam | Reply |

    Another Apple weapon

    If all else fails, I would think that Apple could sue under the DMCA (at least in the USA), which expressly prohibits reverse-engineering DRM.

  1. umijin

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    11/18, 10:31am | report spam | Reply |

    Huh?

    Umm, we can already do this by ripping to mp3 format. Aside from legal issues, anyone can provide mp3 files that can be played on iPods and iTunes.

    What's the big deal, other than cracking Apple's DRM?

  1. riverfreak

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    11/18, 11:51am | report spam | Reply |

    Trading...

    So it's trading Apple's DRM for Navio's DRM. Great. Yeah, I'd really like to have my music tied up with a company that will be nonexistent in six months.

  1. jhorvatic

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    11/18, 12:05pm | report spam | Reply |

    Real tried and failed

    Real tried and failed miserably. Apple will update and the users will be on a sinking ship with no life preserver. I wouldn't use this service if you have any brains at all.

  1. GORDYmac

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    11/18, 12:34pm | report spam | Reply |

    RealNetworks, indeed...

    We see how well Harmony worked for their business. Do they still even sell songs? Or did they give up and go 100% subscriptions.

  1. heyriddle

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    11/18, 01:09pm | report spam | Reply |

    Formats

    The ideas I like from this is the possibility of redownloading your songs and the ability to downolad in a different format. Now if Apple would just offer that it would be great. I would love to download from the iTMS in Apple Lossless for instance.

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