iTunes AAC Format Hacked

Norwegian programmer Jon Johansen, aka "DVD Jon," who famously broke the anti-copying technology on DVD discs several years ago, has now released software that enables downloading of songs from Apple's iTunes Store without any added copyright protections. Users of the "PyMusique" software first have to purchase the songs from iTunes, but when downloaded they arrive in the unprotected AAC format instead of Apple's protected FairPlay digital rights management software. Apple says it has blocked the PyMusique "security hole," and that 15% of iTunes users will need to upgrade their software in order to maintain the ability to purchase songs from the store.

The hack can be found here.

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