Apple DMCAs iPodHash Project 453
TRS-80 writes "Apple has sent a DMCA takedown notice to the IpodHash project, claiming it circumvents their FairPlay DRM scheme. Some background: Apple first added a hash to the iTunesDB file in 6th-gen iPods, but it was quickly reverse-engineered. They changed it with the release of iPhone 2.0 and a project was started to reverse the new hash, but wasn't successful yet. My guess is Apple used the same algorithm as FairPlay for the new hash, so Apple could use the DMCA to prevent competing apps like Songbird and Banshee from talking to iPods/iPhones. BTW, don't tell Apple, but the project uses a wiki, so the old page versions from before the takedown are still there."
Take 'em down boys (Score:2, Funny)
http://www.omm.com/sanfrancisco/ [omm.com]
BTW, the lawyer's name is Ramage - quite appropriate in my opinion.
tr.v., rammed, ramÂming, rams.
1. To strike or drive against with a heavy impact; butt: rammed the door with a sledgehammer until it broke open.
2. To force or press into place.
3. To cram; stuff: rammed the clothes into the suitcase.
4. To force passage or acceptance of: rammed the project through the city council despite local opposition.
Re:Not for long (Score:1, Funny)
No, odds are that apple won't even be able to submit the dmca to anyone since the wiki's host will be down before long.
Thank you Apple (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Microsoft and Apple (Score:4, Funny)
There is a subtle difference between the approach taken by Apple as compared to Microsoft. Sort of like the difference between a womanizer and a rapist.
When Apple's customers get used, they are at least convinced it's what they wanted.
Re:Microsoft and Apple (Score:5, Funny)
Microsoft's lawyers are way lazier, that's the difference.
Re:Nissan (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Microsoft and Apple (Score:5, Funny)
We give Apple a pass because where Microsoft just screws us, Apple cuddles with us before it leaves.
Re:All the more reason not to buy an ipod/phone (Score:5, Funny)
It is the same plug, but the pinout is different. It was a few years ago when my wife wanted a music player, and someone had plugged in a Sansa to an iPod accessory on the demo table at Best Buy. Fried the screen on the Sansa if I remember right.
My memory is a bit fuzzy. Can someone else verify this?
Yes, ... my name is Chuck... I work at Best Buy. One hot summer day in 2005, some dufus walked in to my store and plugged in a Sansa to an iPod accessory on MY demo table. It fried the screen.
I remember it well. In fact, it came out of MY pay... I'm getting closer to tracking you down now that you've posted on Slashdot!
Re:All the more reason not to buy an ipod/phone (Score:3, Funny)
Did it download the Intersect into your brain, Chuck?
Re:All the more reason not to buy an ipod/phone (Score:3, Funny)
So I check out rockbox after reading your post. I find this in their FAQ
Wow... that takes me back to the comments on iTunes replacements and how open source projects treat the requests of end users. Fun.