DeCSS author recreates FairPlay DRM
DeCSS author recreates FairPlay DRM
The author of DeCSS — which circumvents Macrovision protection on movie DVDs — has successfully recreated Apple’s FairPlay DRM (Digital Rights Management), and has spoken with Apple CEO Steve Jobs about potential plans to offer legal licenses to ot…
DVD Jon opens Apple DRM for profit and pleasure
With Jobs’s blessing? Umm… DVD Jon is back in the public eye with a method of reverse-engineering Fairplay, Apple’s digital rights management software. He thinks Apple won’t stop his efforts to turn his technology into cash.
DVD Jon reverse engineers Apple’s FairPlay
DVD Jon is probably most well-known for cracking the copy protection code for commercial DVDs using his DeCSS program. On top of that, he walked away from an Oslo court without charges relating to breaking that protection (see our previous coverage ).
Hacker ‘DVD Jon’ claims to have cracked iPod, iTunes restrictions
SAN JOSE, California (AP): A Norwegian hacker known for cracking the copy-protection technology in DVDs claims to have unlocked the playback restrictions of Apple Computer Inc.’s iPod and iTunes music products and plans to license his code to others.