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	DVD Jon Cracks Apple's FairPlay DRM

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10-25-2006 2:25 PM

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</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,2036967,00.asp?kc=ETRSS02129TX1K0000532"><FONT size="2" face="arial">Jon Lech Johansen, a 22-year-old Norway native who lives in San Francisco, cracked Apple's FairPlay copy-protection technology, said Monique Farantzos, managing director at DoubleTwist, the company that plans to license the code to businesses.
</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,2036967,00.asp?kc=ETRSS02129TX1K0000532"><FONT size="2" face="arial">"What he did was basically reverse-engineer FairPlay," she said. "This allows other companies to offer content for the iPod."
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