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Hackers build back door into iTunes called PyMusique - PyMusic |
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Sunday, 20 March 2005 |
Hackers build back door into iTunes
CNET News.com
A trio of independent programmers has released new software
that allows people to tap into Apple Computer's iTunes music store and purchase
songs free of any anticopying protections.
Joined by Jon Johansen, the Norwegian programmer responsible for distributing
DVD-cracking code in late 1999, the programmers say their "PyMusique" software
is a "fair" interface for iTunes, primarily aimed at allowing people who use the
Linux operating system to purchase music from Apple's store.
But with a Windows version of the software also available, it's likely to
trigger a legal response from Apple, which has closely guarded access to its
online music store and has depended on its copy-protection software to gain
rights to sell music online.
In an interview late Friday, one of the program's creators, 17-year-old
Pennsylvania high school student Cody Brocious, said the ability to save songs
without copy protection was essentially an accident derived from the way Apple's
system downloads songs. He said the software wasn't intended to harm Apple.
The PyMusique website can be found
here (Link fixed)
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