chillywillymm - Slashdot User

Comment Re:You don't need software... (Score 1) 444

by chillywillymm on Monday February 25, 2008 @07:04PM (#22552002) Attached to: Apple Sends Cease-and-Desist To the Hymn Project

And this side of Jhymn, it was one of the easiest to use programs that retained the quality of the track you purchased.

I think a lot of these people out here that are offering arguments and other ways to yell out "Thief!" forget that all of these tools (as you previously mentioned) were used for people that PAID for this music. The tools didn't work on songs you didn't actually purchase with an iTunes account.

QTFU is still a great solution for the tracks you get on iTunes. Those who have it still should make several backup copies and remember to stick with versions of iTunes that work (pre-7.6)

Apple Sends Cease-and-Desist To the Hymn Project 444

Posted by kdawson on Saturday February 23, 2008 @04:14PM from the lawyers-code-and-money dept.

Troed writes "Tools for removing DRM from iTunes-purchased songs (myFairTunes7, QtFairUse6) have been available from the Hymn Project Web site for some time. These are legal in many countries. But on the 20th Apple sent a Cease and Desist note to Hymn's ISP, forcing the site admins to remove all download links. It is speculated that this is due to a new tool being created (Requiem) that attacks Apple's FairPlay DRM through cryptographic means instead of by copying the unprotected music from memory while it is being played. But since the tools are no longer available (after several days there are still no public mirrors), discussion around this topic has died out. Many users buy music from the iTunes store and rely on DRM removal to be able to play the content on their mobile phones. Apple may be on dangerous ground here, since those users might now start checking out competing services."

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