Swedish Teen Hacks Microsoft Zune's DRM and WI-FI
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| Unconfirmed sources report that a young Swedish hacker named
| Nutzipper has defeated the Digital Rights Management on Microsoft's
| new mp3 player the Zune. Our source also indicates that the hacker
| has also compromised the Zune's Wi-Fi music sharing system. The Wi-Fi
| hack apparently allows users to secretly transfer music from any
| nearby Zune. Microsoft is very concerned about the possible security
| breach and the RIAA is threatening to sue Microsoft over the faulty
| DRM standard.
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http://www.activewin.com/awin/comments.asp?HeadlineIndex=37700
Related:
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| "A source that deals with the company said unofficially that Gates
| proposed Microsoft's Digital Rights Management technology as a national
| standard to fight piracy at the governmental level."
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http://www.kommersant.com/p719683/r_528/
How To Bypass The Zune's WiFi Sharing DRM
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| We knew it would be done sooner or later, and now that we have the
| mod to use your Zune as a portable hard drive, a method to bypass the
| Zune's WiFi sharing DRM is finally here.
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http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/portable-media/how-to-bypass-the-zunes-wifi-sharing-drm-217042.php
http://tinyurl.com/y89rde
Zune Guts
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| I'm not sure what he's up to, but it's something awesome I'm
| sure.... The Zune uses a Freescale iMX31L processor (can
| run Linux it seems)...
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http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/11/zune_guts.html
DVD Jon Fairplays Apple
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| DRM-buster DVD Jon has a new target in his sights, and it's a big piece
| of fruit. He has reverse-engineered Apple's Fairplay and is starting to
| license it to companies who want their media to play on Apple's
| devices. Instead of breaking the DRM (something he's already done), Jon
| has replicated it, and wants to license the technology to companies that
| want their content (music, movies, whatever) to play on Apple devices.
| This may not be good news for iTunes the store, but it could make the
| iPod even more popular.
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| Jon Lech Johansen became famous for hacking encrypted DVDs so they would
| play in Linux when he was 15, making him the target of criminal charges for
| which he was eventually acquitted...
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http://featured.gigaom.com/2006/10/02/dvd-jon-fairplays-apple/
Microsoft sues over source code theft
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| Microsoft has filed a federal lawsuit against an alleged hacker who
| broke through its copy protection technology, charging that the
| mystery developer somehow gained access to its copyrighted source code.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6119892.html
QTFairUse6 Updated Hours After iTunes7 Release
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| "Mere hours after iTunes 7's release, QTFairUse6 has received an update
| which enables it to continue stripping iTunes songs of their 'FairPlay'
| DRM. Some features are experimental but at least it's proof that the
| concept still works."
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http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/13/1354252&from=rss
Microsoft's war waged with FairUse4WM
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| In September, Microsoft filed suit against the hacker(s) responsible
| for one such DRM-stripping program, FairUse4WM, purportedly created
| by the now notorious Viodentia. Other such programs reportedly target
| the DRM protections of the iTunes Music Store and AllOfMP3, among
| others. What will become of Microsoft's lawsuit? What does this have
| to do with "fair use" and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
| (DMCA)? What follows is a brief overview in two parts. In the first,w
| e'll discuss current issues surrounding fair use with regard to the
| DMCA, and in the second we'll approach Microsoft's legal actions
| against Viodentia for FairUse4WM.
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http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/13/microsofts-war-waged-with-fairuse4wm/
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