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      • iPod/iTunes: Under Attack!
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      • Original contribution by: Zunerama
      • 10/27/2006 7:33:23 AM
      • Apple's iTunes/iPod is a closed business model, built on two essential premises. One is that songs bought from iTunes will only play on iPod players. The second premise is that songs purchased from other music download sites will not play on iPods.

        Now Apple's business model is under attack - by 26-year-old hacker Jon Johansen. Johansen, of Norway, has decoded iPod's Digital Rights Management (DRM) encryption, known as FairPlay, according to reputable sources.

        If this hack takes off, will the closed business model fall apart?

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