Posted on 10/24/2006 10:40:06 AM PDT by Echo Talon
The notorious DVD Jon strikes at Apple's stranglehold on the PMP market
Jon Lech Johansen's claim to fame was helping to crack DVD encryption by creating a little thing called DeCSS. His feat earned him the moniker of DVD Jon, plus the attentions of the entire technical world and several legal authorities.
Now 22 and his own company, named DoubleTwist, Jon Johansen is set to unravel Apple's iPod/iTunes protection scheme. Fortune Magazine has the full story:
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Wow. What took so long?
Wow....great news!
Now we can legally use songs we buy on itunes for our personal use.
Not have our usage rights chained by Apple.
This guy also did a good service by removing copy protection for DVDs, so we can back-up personal copies.
Yes, such technology can be used for illegal things.
But, it can be used for legal uses as well, just like a VCR.
Jon is a hero for consumer rights.
Its was made my man it has flaws.
He won't be releasing it to the general public though, so looks like my proclamation of hero is too quick.
He is doing a good thing, however.
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