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riffer
18th January 2007, 10:19
so all you itunes haters can STFU now (http://www.tech.co.uk/home-entertainment/hi-fi-and-audio/hi-fi-amps-and-receivers/news/apple-to-open-up-fairplay-drm?articleid=394429162)...
imdying
18th January 2007, 10:36
That won't make it any less of a buggy piece of shite... so we'll keep on hating it thanks very much :yes:

/edit: And they're not opening it up, they're selling it..
bugjuice
18th January 2007, 10:41
buggy?
in what way?
riffer
18th January 2007, 10:49
Beats me.

Just burn the tunes to a CD. :shutup:
skelstar
18th January 2007, 10:51
He must mean using it on the buggy OS ...err...buggy.
riffer
18th January 2007, 13:40
whatever .... :zzzz:
Finn
18th January 2007, 13:56
What the hell is fairplay DRM?
imdying
18th January 2007, 14:05
Another misguided attempt to control the people...
bugjuice
18th January 2007, 14:14
What the hell is fairplay DRM?
Digital Rights Management (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Rights_Management), a way to stop you buying a song online, then dishing it out to all your buddies for free..

of course, there's always very easy ways round all this, just be better if it wasn't there to start with, but what can ya do..
Flyingpony
18th January 2007, 14:29
What the hell is fairplay DRM?

A pain in the ass and what ^^^^^ he wrote.

On a similar topic. Window's activation falls in the same bucket ... what happens when the PC answering the activation request doesn't answer any more in 5yrs time? MS can then control when new installations of XP can be halted ...
Flyingpony
18th January 2007, 14:32
Another misguided attempt to control the people...

I did an Assignment at Uni last year on DRM. Attached is the final slide from my power point presentation !:Punk:
imdying
18th January 2007, 14:34
On a similar topic. Window's activation falls in the same bucket ... what happens when the PC answering the activation request doesn't answer any more in 5yrs time? MS can then control when new installations of XP can be halted ...You would just use Vista... or one of the many activation cracks..