Posts from — March 2005

Apple closes a "security hole" in the iTunes music store that allows users to purchase songs without DRM attached.

Dale's Note: Several days after this announcement the next version of PyMusique was released, defeating iTunes again. PyMusique has since been superceded by SharpMusique.

Sources: PC World | Engadget | The Register | Wikipedia's "PyMusique" Entry

Related Posts:

• Law Review Article - Microsoft's War Waged with FairUse4WM (November 13, 2006)
• Microsoft Sues Viodentia - Viodentia Responds with a Software Update (September 26, 2006)
• Microsoft Issues Takedown Notices for Sites Hosting FairUse4WM (September 17, 2006)
• Microsoft & Viodentia Play Cat & Mouse with DRM-Circumvention Tool FairUse4WM (September 14, 2006)
• Hymn is Back with QTFairUse in an Ongoing Tit-for-Tat with Apple Over iTunes DRM (September 13, 2006)
• Microsoft's PlayForSure DRM Successfully Hacked (August 25, 2006)
• iTunes Locks out DRM-Free Purchases - Breaks PyMusique (March 21, 2005)
• Apple Brings Discord to Hymn (January 13, 2005)
• Apple Blocks Music Sales to Older iTunes - Forces Upgrade to Copy-Degraded Version (November 3, 2004)
• Hacker Takes Bite out of Apple's iTunes (August 12, 2004)
• Is Real's Hacking of iPod Legal? (July 30, 2004)
• RealNetworks Breaks Apple's Hold on iPod (July 26, 2004)
• iTunes DRM Cracked Wide Open for GNU/Linux (January 25, 2004)

Categories: DRM Arms Race, DRM Circumvention, DRM Restricting Use, DRM as Market Lock

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A McGill academic and former Clash producer, Sandy Pearlman, proposes a 5 cent per downloadable song solution.

Sources: Blogcritics.org + Globe & Mail Article | Irish Eyes | Londonist | Zero Paid | Mac Observer

Categories: Big Media v Internet, New Business Models, Policy Analysis

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