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June 01, 2007
Apple's iTunes Proves Me Wrong, Tracks Data from DRM-Free Music
The slimey bastards.
The launch of music tracks free of digital locks on iTunes has been overshadowed by the discovery that they contain data about who bought them.Some fear this data could be used to identify the owner of the tracks if they turn up on file-sharing sites.
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The tracks without the digital locks, known as Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology, officially went on sale on 30 May under the iTunes Plus banner. The downloads cost $1.29 (99p) rather than $0.99 (79p).
Apple uses a technology known as Fairplay to limit what people can do with downloads. Fairplay can be circumvented by burning tracks to a CD and then converting them to another format.
It suggested that this information could be an anti-piracy measure as it could help work out who was putting downloads on file-sharing sites.
But it also added that the user information was found on all the tracks that people buy on iTunes whether free of DRM or not.
Knew I had a bad feeling about this.
(via bbc news)
Posted by Groonk at June 1, 2007 06:05 AM | Ministry of Digital Share
