FairPlay: Another Anticompetitive Use Of DRM

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Intel will amend anticompetitive
practices in Japan

Intel will amend anticompetitive
practices in Japan 04/04/2005 08:26 AM
Computer Business Review Apr 4 2005 12:34PM GMT

Lead: Ftc Warns Microsoft To Stop
Anticompetitive

Lead: Ftc Warns Microsoft To Stop
Anticompetitive 07/13/2004 02:02 PM
Antara Jul 13 2004 5:56PM GMT

Burst Attorney Deposes Bill Gates on
Anticompetitive Case

Burst Attorney Deposes Bill Gates on
Anticompetitive Case 08/31/2004 11:06 PM
An attorney for a software company suing Microsoft for alleged anticompetitive behavior deposed Bill Gates last week and plans to ask a judge to make the testimony public.

Apple's FairPlay DRM cracked

Apple's FairPlay DRM cracked 04/09/2004 04:13 PM
Now another group has cracked the DRM scheme, making it easily breakable for almost anyone who cares to engage in such practices. Cleverly named PlayFair, the crack ups the ante in the anti-piracy fight, but there's a few twists.

What Real's Hacking Of FairPlay Doesn't
Do

What Real's Hacking Of FairPlay Doesn't
Do 07/26/2004 07:19 PM
Note what Real is not doing. You can convert Real files into FairPlay files, but you can't convert FairPlay files into Real files. By Ernest Miller, Corante (via MyAppleMenu)

Apple close to licensing FairPlay?

Apple close to licensing FairPlay? 08/27/2004 01:58 PM
Is Apple going to license FairPlay? CD copy-protection maker Macrovision hopes so.

Macrovision to license Apple's FairPlay?

Macrovision to license Apple's FairPlay? 08/23/2004 10:48 AM
The Register reports that copy protection provider Macrovision plans to incorporate support for Apple's FairPlay technology...

US Congress eyes Apple's FairPlay

US Congress eyes Apple's FairPlay 04/09/2005 09:55 PM
Techzonez Apr 10 2005 2:07AM GMT

RealNetworks cracks the FairPlay code

RealNetworks cracks the FairPlay code 07/26/2004 04:05 PM
RealNetworks is expected to announce that it has figured out a way to play tracks from its music store on the iPod. Could this erode Apple's dominance in online music?

Apple responds to RealNetworks FairPlay
hack

Apple responds to RealNetworks FairPlay
hack 07/29/2004 01:15 PM
Apple responds to RealNetworks Harmony, which would allow customers of RealRhapsody to play their downloads on the iPod. Will this scare RealNetworks off?

RealNetworks asks Apple to open up
Fairplay DRM

RealNetworks asks Apple to open up
Fairplay DRM 04/15/2004 10:21 AM
In a surprising move, RealNetworks is asking Apple to open up their Fairplay DRM system. By doing so, Real claims that Apple would sell more iPods and hinder adoption of Microsoft's WMA.

iTunes user sues Apple over FairPlay DRM

iTunes user sues Apple over FairPlay DRM 01/06/2005 08:02 PM
Thomas William Slattery has filed a class action suit against Apple Computer Inc. in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, alleging Apple is guilt of violating federal antitrust laws and California's unfair competition law by requiring users who buy music from the iTunes Music Store to use an iPod if they plan to take their music on the road with them. Slattery's suit cuts to the heart of an ongoing issue related to Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology present in commercial downloaded music.

Is it time for Apple to share the
FairPlay love?

Is it time for Apple to share the
FairPlay love? 09/09/2004 10:33 AM
Mac.Ars looks at Apple's success in the online music business. What does Apple need to do in order to maintain its dominant position?

iMovie Strips FairPlay DRM From iTunes
Songs

iMovie Strips FairPlay DRM From iTunes
Songs 08/03/2004 08:46 AM
Apple iMovie can be used to strip the FairPlay digital rights management protection (DRM) on iTunes songs, according to a report by German news site Macnews.de. By MacNN (via MyAppleMenu)

FairPlay v2 Reversed, Playfair Back
Online

FairPlay v2 Reversed, Playfair Back
Online 05/11/2004 12:13 PM

Jon Johansen cracked the new version of
Apple's FairPlay DRM

Jon Johansen cracked the new version of
Apple's FairPlay DRM 05/11/2004 10:20 PM
Last week Jon Johansen cracked the new version of Apple's FairPlay DRM and now a new version of PlayFair (renamed to Hymn) is out.

Virgin Mega upset with Apple over
FairPlay DRM

Virgin Mega upset with Apple over
FairPlay DRM 08/05/2004 10:47 AM
In Apple's quarterly report filed today, the company reveals that Virgin Mega filed a complaint on June 28 against Apple France with the French Competition Council alleging that the company has wrongfully refused to license Fairplay DRM (digital rights management) technology to competitors...

iTunes user sues Apple over FairPlay DRM
(MacCentral)

iTunes user sues Apple over FairPlay DRM
(MacCentral) 01/06/2005 07:49 PM
MacCentral - Thomas William Slattery has filed a class action suit against Apple Computer Inc. in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, alleging Apple is guilt of violating federal antitrust laws and California's unfair competition law by requiring users who buy music from the iTunes Music Store to use an iPod if they plan to take their music on the road with them. Slattery's suit cuts to the heart of an ongoing issue related to Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology present in commercial downloaded music.

Real's Hijack Of FairPlay? No Big Deal
To Apple, Real, And Their Customers

Real's Hijack Of FairPlay? No Big Deal
To Apple, Real, And Their Customers 08/19/2004 11:52 AM
As I like to remind my dear readers, here in Singapore, we don't even have photo prints and photo books in iPhoto yet, so, naturally, we can't participate in the grand shopping experience of either iTunes Music Store nor Real's Rhapsody store. I don't even own an iPod or any MP3 players (except my computers, of course). So, obviously, the latest issues surrounding Real's reverse engineering of FairPlay doesn't concern me. :-)
No, seriously. I believe it's not a big deal as many has made out to be.
Let's do one pretend exercise. Let's pretend that, instead of selling DRM-protected music files, Real is selling unprotected, no-DRM, plain old MP3 files.
Now, in this pretend world, of course Real's customer can purchase Real music files, and upload them to the iPod for their listening pleasure. (In fact, there are already such stores out there, just that they are not from Real.) Would Apple fans then be protesting against Real reverse-ennginnering FairPlay to allow their music to be uploaded to the iPod? Obviously not.
Now, of course, Real is not selling plain old MP3s. If, in our pretend world, Real is selling non-protected music files, while Apple is being forced to sell DRM-protected music files, wouldn't that place iTMS in a disadvantaged position? Music fans will flock to Real in huge numbers, wouldn't they?
Well, not really. Because Apple is selling non-protected plain old AAC files too.
After all, it is well-documented (by everybody except Apple, that is) that you can simply burn your iTMS files onto audio CDs, and the DRM is automatically removed.
Even if Apple removed this functionality due to pressure from third-parties, somebody will immediately crack whatever DRM system Apple is imposing on its customers. After all, it is well known (well, at least to the Slashdot community :-) that all DRM can be broken. That's what you get when you place the encryption algorithm and all the encryption keys together in the same customer's hands.
But let's pretend some more. Even if Apple invented a perfect DRM system that cannot be broken, the channel between the speakers and your brain will still be unprotected, so I wouldn't worry too much. Until someday where the iTMS requirements include a trip to your local Apple Store to get a decryption chip implanted into your brain, we can safely pretend that Apple is selling non-protected no-DRM plain old AAC files.
So, in our pretend world, everyone is selling non-DRMed files, that can be freely uploaded to any MP3 players out there. So, you see, it's really no big deal.
Now, when viewed in this light, wouldn't you say that the fact that Real reversed engineered FairPlay to be, well, a non-issue?
P.S. Sony will be the ultimate loser in this pretend world, as their player does not play plain old MP3s.
P.P.S. The whole "freedom of choice" advertisement campaign by Real is entirely tasteless and stupid, but that's another story.

Behind The iTunes Music Store: A
Technical Description Of iTMS And
FairPlay

Behind The iTunes Music Store: A
Technical Description Of iTMS And
FairPlay 04/26/2004 08:24 PM
This document explains how the iTunes Music Store works. This information is useful to computer science researchers, cryptographers, and politicians, who may be curious to understand the largest deployed DRM system to date. By Aaron Swartz (via MyAppleMenu)
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