Privatunes Anonymizes iTunes Plus 176
njondet writes "French-law.net
reports that Ratatium.com, a French website specialized in technology news and software downloads, has just launched
Privatunes, a free software that anonymizes DRM-free files bought on iTunes Plus. Last month's revelations that the DRM-free files sold by EMI on iTunes Plus came with user's full name and account e-mail embedded in them had raised serious privacy concerns. Ratatium.com
explains (in French) that Privatunes is aimed at guaranteeing the privacy of users but also their rights as consumers to freely share and trade the songs they have purchased. However, the claim that this software is perfectly legal will surely be tested."
It's proof of purchase for future lossless upgrade (Score:2, Informative)
France folks, FRANCE (Score:4, Informative)
* I Am Not A French Lawyer
So does the Audio:M4P::QuickTime perl module (Score:4, Informative)
Re:This is sure to get us somewhere (Score:3, Informative)
I'll bite. Trading (copyrighted) movies, games, music etc is different from trading Pokemon and Pogs for the simple reason that Pokemon and Pogs are sold with the explicit intention that they be traded and spread across a wide audience. CDs, DVDs and games generally aren't.
Not to mention, since when did anyone you know "trade" MP3s (as in send someone a music file, then delete their copy)?
Do not rely on the current version!!! (Score:4, Informative)
There are some other differences between copies of a track purchased by different users, but they're only a byte or three here and there. Probably still worth blanking. vbindiff on *nix (or a similar hexdiff program for other platforms) will show you these fields.