Apple's FairPlay DRM cracked

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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.

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

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...

FairPlay: Another Anticompetitive Use Of
DRM

FairPlay: Another Anticompetitive Use Of
DRM 06/25/2004 10:30 AM
FairPlay is a great barrier to entry that keeps the iPod as the exclusive device for the Music Store. By Fred von Lohmann, Electronic Frontier Foundation (via MyAppleMenu)

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.

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?

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.

FairPlay v2 Reversed, Playfair Back
Online

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

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)

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?

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

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?

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)

Box Cracked

Box Cracked 02/01/2005 10:14 PM
Well, my primary box was cracked by a dipshit going after the recent awstats.pl bug. It's the same thing that hit Russell the other day. The bare bones stuff (blog/comments/inbound email) is working on my secondary box. But a lot more needs to be fixed. Yeay for me having reasonably good backups! Boo for the asshole who did it. More later, but I need to sleep. It's 3.5 hours past when I planned to go to bed. :-(...

Windows XP SP2 cracked a

Windows XP SP2 cracked a 07/05/2004 07:08 PM
Techzonez Jul 5 2004 11:17PM GMT

a cracked polystyrene man

a cracked polystyrene man 06/08/2004 01:40 PM
Bandai is releasing an Aqualad action figure later this year!! More at WWdN . . .

Code That Can't Be Cracked

Code That Can't Be Cracked 01/22/2004 04:50 AM

Windows XP SP2 cracked already?

Windows XP SP2 cracked already? 07/05/2004 02:41 PM

Everyone get to upgrade to XP SP2 even
cracked copies...

Everyone get to upgrade to XP SP2 even
cracked copies... 05/09/2004 05:54 AM

Jon Johansen at it again. iTunes
cracked.

Jon Johansen at it again. iTunes
cracked. 12/02/2003 12:57 AM
Jon Johansen of DeCSS fame has done it again. This time he has made it possible to remove the DRM from iTunes. The Register has the story. So does Slashdot. Jon Johansens various software is available here. He runs a blog where he has a quite funny "Sue me" comment.

Windows Media DRM 10 Cracked?

Windows Media DRM 10 Cracked? 02/01/2005 08:44 PM

Nokia N-Gage Cracked

Nokia N-Gage Cracked 11/11/2003 02:05 PM

iTunes 4.5 Authentication Cracked

iTunes 4.5 Authentication Cracked 04/29/2004 12:04 PM

iTunes DRM cracked wide open

iTunes DRM cracked wide open 01/06/2004 04:24 AM
A lot of work going on behind the scenes to capture and encode streaming Video & Music. Links to a...

iTunes copy protection cracked on the
Web

iTunes copy protection cracked on the
Web 12/02/2003 12:17 AM

A well-known programmer has released an application to the Web, which allows users to defeat the anti-copying measures underpinning Apple's iTunes downloading service .

The application, QTFairUse, removes the digital rights management ( DRM ) layer from the target sound file, using a QuickTime stream, leaving the music untouched and capable of infinite copying.

Based on the name and Web commentary, the goal of the hack is to promote the creator's notion of fair use . Some suspect a Windows iTunes version is on the way .

Cisco's LEAP Authentication Cracked

Cisco's LEAP Authentication Cracked 04/10/2004 11:22 AM

Classic Math Puzzle Cracked

Classic Math Puzzle Cracked 03/22/2005 10:03 PM

iTunes 4.5 Authentication Scheme Cracked

iTunes 4.5 Authentication Scheme Cracked 04/29/2004 06:56 PM
A user has developed new iTunes hacking tools for using iTunes songs within other applications and allowing other applications to work with iTunes. By MacNN (via MyAppleMenu)

Nokia's game code cracked

Nokia's game code cracked 11/12/2003 01:12 PM
CNN Nov 12 2003 10:23AM ET

AirPort Express Reportedly Cracked

AirPort Express Reportedly Cracked 08/12/2004 10:24 PM
ZDNET Netherlands reports that the public key used by Apple's AirPort Express has been revealed by Norwegian hacker Jon Lech Johansen, famous for deve...

WSIS Physical Security Cracked

WSIS Physical Security Cracked 12/11/2003 11:52 PM

Hackers: We Cracked N-Gage Code

Hackers: We Cracked N-Gage Code 11/12/2003 01:23 PM
Claims that the new mobile gaming device's 'security has been cracked like an egg' surface on the Web, raising the possibility that Nokia's games could be played on cell phones from other manufacturers.

'ChineseSpyBoy' claims to have cracked
McAfee sites

'ChineseSpyBoy' claims to have cracked
McAfee sites 12/19/2004 03:46 PM
Did he or didn't he? A cracker identifying himself as "ChineseSpyBoy" has been contacting news organizations -- including NewsForge -- the past day or so claiming to have broken into McAfee Inc. corporate servers and providing screen shots as evidence. McAfee says he did not break into its boxes but that he did compromise a partner's machine.

Nokia Confirms N-Gage Codes Cracked

Nokia Confirms N-Gage Codes Cracked 11/12/2003 01:16 PM
The cellphone maker ironically adds two new security companies to its developers alliance on the same day it confirms hackers have compromised its N-Gage copy-protection.

The Register: 'iTunes DRM cracked wide
open'

The Register: 'iTunes DRM cracked wide
open' 01/06/2004 05:39 AM
Back in November we noted that the Norwegian programmer who created the first widely-used tool for cracking the copy protection technology found on DVDs was going after Apple's iTunes -- and he has...
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