Friday, March 18, 2005

Opinion: PyMusique = your iTunes without DRM

Just when Stevie J happily pointed out a "non-hack" that allows people to record songs from Naspter-to-Go, his very own music store is running into its own problem: meet PyMusique The "hack" that allows users to buy songs from iTunes Music Store without being locked down by DRM (digital right management) It is this very DRM that restrict their songs to play on the users' own computers and iPods only. Note that this hack doesn't advocate piracy: you still need to pay for your own tracks. It's just that you will have more freedom with what you've bought. Hey, doesn't that sound like ... fair use?

Bad Karma, Steve.

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