The Norwegian who cracked CSS is on the iTunes case, now, cracking its Mac digital rights management (DRM). QTFairUse strips away the DRM content from an iTunes AAC file on a Windows machine, leaving the latter untouched. He pleads action against excessive copyright control, and for fair use. (He's also due to stand trial for the DVD caper)
Significance: this is a test of the internet's carrying of copyrighted material and restrictions thereby. This is a test of both technology and culture. Recently, any such crack would unleash a torrent of content into the darknet. But now, with DRM rising on all fronts, as I've been arguing, and economic fears persisting, there's the possibility that the net won't rapidly become an iTunes escape route.
Jon's hit the iTunes for Mac, first. ArsTech suspects the Windows version is next.
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