[IP] more on iTunes FairPlay DRM is cracked

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Giles Robertson <gilesr@gmail.com>
Date: September 5, 2006 5:40:25 AM EDT
To: dave@farber.net
Subject: Re: [IP] iTunes FairPlay DRM is cracked

Dave - IP if you wish

The DRM hasn't, itself, been cracked. All this does is capture the AAC
frames before they're decompressed by iTunes, so iTunes must be
present, must play the file, and metadata etc must be entered into the
new file.

The DRM itself is as strong as ever; this exploits a weakness in the
player. Which only goes to show that DRM is a security problem right
along the usage chain, but we knew that already.

All this said, I wish this group wouldn't use "FairUse" in their
program names. It will make defending fair use rights harder if "fair
use" becomes a synonym for piracy.

Giles Robertson

P.S. On investigation, metadata conversion is automated - see
changelog http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=115377

On 04/09/06, David Farber <dave@farber.net> wrote:
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
> Date: September 4, 2006 11:28:51 AM EDT
> To: undisclosed-recipient:;
> Subject: iTunes FairPlay DRM is cracked
>
>
>
> iTunes FairPlay DRM is cracked
> By Macworld staff
> August 31, 2006
>
> Anti-copy protection activists have released a new solution that
> breaks Apple's FairPlay DRM, which secures iTunes-purchased tracks.
>
> The solution, QTFairUse6, comes from the same activists who this week
> unleashed FairUse4WM, which can strip copy protection from Windows
> Media files.
>
> ...
>
> http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=15725
>
>
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