iTunes has long been a platform which has allowed users to stream music from shared playlists on the LAN, but Apple has ensured that streaming music is securly fastened to the computer in which it resides. Even when you are not listening to AACs bought via the iTMS, iTunes does not provide the interface […]

Once again, DRM-evading Jon Lech Johnasen has thwarted Stevie and Apple. “DVD Jon” has, this time, created PyMusique, a “fair interface to the iTunes music store.” Apparently iTunes does not encrypt a song, until the download takes place. This allows for PyMusique to sneak between your transaction and iTunes enabling a DRM-free […]

A new iTunes music sharing application has surfaced: ourTunes. Though currently under heavy development, ourTunes is supposed to allow you to browse and download from other people’s iTunes Music Shares. From the project’s website:
If you are running ourTunes from home, I’m sorry to say but you’ll probably be pretty disappointed. It’s really only […]

Code master, Jon Lech Johansen (A.K.A. DVD Jon) has another crack for Apple’s FairPlay DRM: FairKeys. From the Guru himself comes the following:
FairKeys
I’ve released FairKeys, a tool which lets you retrieve your FairPlay keys from Apple’s servers.
Instructions for MacOS X users:
1. Install MonoFramework-1.0.dmg
2. Start Terminal.app
3. curl -O ‘http://nanocrew.net/software/FairKeys/FairKeys-0.2.tar.gz’
4. tar -zxvf FairKeys-0.2.tar.gz ; cd […]

Browsing the website of the hymn (hear your music anywhere) project you’ll quickly come across the quote that should (but may not) encompass your rights to intellectual property that you purchase:
“The primary objective of copyright is not to reward the labor of authors, but [t]o promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts.” […]