Qtfairuse update

Johansenis program works by patching Appleis QuickTime software with a new software component of his own. Because he called the program a "memory dumper," programmers on message boards around the Web speculated that QTFairUse made a copy of the raw, unprotected song data from the computeris temporary memory after it was unprotected for playback, rather than simply recording the audio stream as it played.

But this was not independently verified by Apple or Johansen. If that is indeed the approach Johansen took, itis possible Apple could release an update to QuickTime that nullifies Johansenis work, much as Microsoft did for the early break of its digital rights management tools. Several people on Web message boards reported using a series of other MPEG 4 audio tools to create a usable song from the resulting file, however. You can read the full article at C Netis Web site.

The purpose of the Hymn Project is to allow you to exercise your fair-use rights under copyright law. These songs can then be played outside of the iTunes environment, even on operating systems not supported by iTunes and on hardware not supported by Apple. In February Apple filed a cease and desist which ultimately led to the project closing.

We have Ph. In , Jobs penned an open letter on the Apple site , encouraging those unhappy with DRM to persuade the music industry to drop the DRM requirements that they had put on Apple:.

The problem, of course, is that there are many smart people in the world, some with a lot of time on their hands, who love to discover such secrets and publish a way for everyone to get free and stolen music. They are often successful in doing just that, so any company trying to protect content using a DRM must frequently update it with new and harder to discover secrets.

It is a cat-and-mouse game. While we have had a few breaches in FairPlay, we have been able to successfully repair them through updating the iTunes store software, the iTunes jukebox software and software in the iPods themselves. So far we have met our commitments to the music companies to protect their music, and we have given users the most liberal usage rights available in the industry for legally downloaded music.

Why would the big four music companies agree to let Apple and others distribute their music without using DRM systems to protect it? Though the big four music companies require that all their music sold online be protected with DRMs, these same music companies continue to sell billions of CDs a year which contain completely unprotected music.

No DRM system was ever developed for the CD, so all the music distributed on CDs can be easily uploaded to the Internet, then illegally downloaded and played on any computer or player. So if the music companies are selling over 90 percent of their music DRM-free, what benefits do they get from selling the remaining small percentage of their music encumbered with a DRM system?

There appear to be none. If anything, the technical expertise and overhead required to create, operate and update a DRM system has limited the number of participants selling DRM protected music. If such requirements were removed, the music industry might experience an influx of new companies willing to invest in innovative new stores and players. This can only be seen as a positive by the music companies. Much of the concern over DRM systems has arisen in European countries.

Perhaps those unhappy with the current situation should redirect their energies towards persuading the music companies to sell their music DRM-free. For Europeans, two and a half of the big four music companies are located right in their backyard.

Convincing them to license their music to Apple and others DRM-free will create a truly interoperable music marketplace.

Apple will embrace this wholeheartedly. We love hearing from users: why not drop us an email, leave a comment, or tweet reincubate? All rights reserved. Built with in London. We use cookies to track usage and improve your experience.

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