Parky Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1931458,00.html "Jon Lech Johansen, a Norwegian hacker living in California, has managed to sidestep Apple's Fairplay management system and trick iPods into thinking they are playing tracks bought from the company's online iTunes store." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Morph Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 clever bloke like. shame hardly anyone with any sense buys music off there and uses limewire or summit similar instead. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Looks like soon you'll be able to use your Limonetta wire tracks on the ipod. blueyes.gif Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gemmill Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Eh? You can already play tracks acquired through Limewire on an ipod. Just any old MP3, surely? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Not sure Gemma. bluesigh.gif Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 The report I read was going on about the reverse tbh, ie being able to play music from iTunes on other devices than iPod only. Looks like the Guardian have got the wrong end of the stick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 I think you will find you are mistaken Mr Winraaaaarrrr! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 I think you will find you are mistaken Mr Winraaaaarrrr! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6083110.stm Nope. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 .........Works the other way as well then surely Shirley?? bluecool.gif Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 I don't own an iPod, but as Gemmill says, what would be the need to hack it if it can already play regular mp3s? The point of this breakthrough is that with this guy's software you can use your iTunes music selection and not be forced into buying an iPod to play them on. You can play them on any other personal digital player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Invicta_Toon Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 I read this as he's enabled the uploading of tracks to the iPod as if they were from iTunes, when in fact they are from www.stolenmusic.com Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 I read this as he's enabled the uploading of tracks to the iPod as if they were from iTunes, when in fact they are from www.stolenmusic.com That's what the Guardian's piece makes out. The Beeb I linked to says entirely the opposite. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Confused by this, have been using iTunes for years and limewire and have had a generation 3 and 4 iPod. Always played for me no matter where the source as long it is in mp3 format I think the guardian may have got this wrong. The big hack was always to be able to transfer MY iTunes onto someone ELSE's iPod or iTunes. My mate works for a IT joint venture between Microsoft and Accenture and is a total whizzkid, he said this was the hack that would break down iTunes. I can give you a track over MSN but as soon as you click to play it, it will ask for my itunes password. You can do this 5 times and then its unswappable. If you hack it, you can swap as many times. Dont know still confused by this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 \o/ I am right. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 I read this as he's enabled the uploading of tracks to the iPod as if they were from iTunes, when in fact they are from www.stolenmusic.com I have been doing that for years blueconfused.gif Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 I'd have thought the idea would be that you could download tracks from iTunes and defeat the DRM on it so you could share it with other people or whatnot rather than having it tied to your iPod? Didn't read the article like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Invicta_Toon Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 I read this as he's enabled the uploading of tracks to the iPod as if they were from iTunes, when in fact they are from www.stolenmusic.com I have been doing that for years blueconfused.gif I thought the iPod only connected to iTunes? don't know, not a poncy student. 3-4 albums and an FM radio the size of a chewing gum packet does me blueyes.gif funnily enough I was at an Accenture presentation last night Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 I'd have thought the idea would be that you could download tracks from iTunes and defeat the DRM on it so you could share it with other people or whatnot rather than having it tied to your iPod? Didn't read the article like. That is both what I wrote, and what I linked to on the BBC site. The Guardian are talking nonsense. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lagerstedt Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 What the bloke has done is that you can download music from iTunes and play it on any mp3-player, not just the iPod. By downloading music through iTunes, Apple pretty much forced the user to buy an iPod. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Everyone ignores my posts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlufPurdi Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Ah, cheers, David. There was some moron going on about it today at college. So thick he couldn't actually say what was done, just that "this guy hacked ipods, man, you can now upload stuff off it and shit", met with a blank stare then a mocking laugh. Funny, his name was David too. This making iPods even less useful. Cheers, guy, whatever your name is. You've served the world well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Dave was right all along. The French govt is taking apple to court over this issue and if it wins there will be no need for the hack (well for me anyway) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Curses I should only be starting Mac friendly threads. tongue.gif Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Invicta_Toon Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Ah, cheers, David. There was some moron going on about it today at college. So thick he couldn't actually say what was done, just that "this guy hacked ipods, man, you can now upload stuff off it and shit", met with a blank stare then a mocking laugh. Funny, his name was David too. This making iPods even less useful. Cheers, guy, whatever your name is. You've served the world well. The bloke is DVD Jon, the guy the who cracked DVDs at 15 and was sued by the RIAA (Well the movie equivalent) he's famous btw bluewink.gif Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decky Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Apple have an official Limewire plug in, i have about a 1000 tracks on my iPod, i paid for 3 of them Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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