You may remember back in 2005 when a 22yr old hacker by the name of Jon Lech Johansen better known as “DVD Jon” brought a big stir to Apple and iTunes creating a hack that allowed iPod users to use music purchased on other sites, not just from that of iTunes. In turn he wanted to license this technology to other companies.

Now “DVD John” is at it again. While claiming that this process is completely legal, he now has new software that allows users to drag and drop iTunes music to a folder on their desktop, that can then be copied to other devices. Mobile phone and gaming devices are now on the list. It seems that NGage, cybeshot devices, and among others Windows Mobile operating system will benefit from this.

The program gets around Apple’s DRM software by replaying a song in fast-forward and taking a copy of the audio track, using a process similar to that by which a CD is ‘ripped’ - or copied - to a computer.

About a hundred songs can be converted in half an hour, doubleTwist said, although there is a 5 per cent loss of sound quality - about the same as when a CD is copied.

It seems that there will be another battle with Apple soon.  

If this is something that interests you, why don’t you check them out.  DoubleTwist 

(Thanks to Bear for sending this in) 

[Source] Read the rest of the story at TimesOnline

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