DVD Jon Creates DRM Killer 219
Firmafest writes to let us know that 'DVD Jon' Lech Johansen's company has released an open beta of DoubleTwist, a desktop application that allows the user to copy media to any device. There's a Facebook app too. The software is available for download at Doubletwistventures.com. Currently only Windows is supported, but a Macintosh version is on the way.
I wonder who will be first.. (Score:4, Insightful)
"You can't copy that tune from there to this device. You must pay another fee!"...
Re:Oh really (Score:5, Insightful)
Registration (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Yes (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Oh really (Score:5, Insightful)
Just read the license and Priv. statement (Score:5, Insightful)
Same same (Score:2, Insightful)
Keep trying, Jon, you'll liberate some oppressed music yet.
Re:A utility to copy media to any device (Score:4, Insightful)
And while there are a lot of tools for stripping DRM available Jon is saying he wants to bring it to the masses. To quote (paraphrase?) "I want your parents to be able to do it".
It's not about hacking DRM because it should all be free, it's not about mass distribution of "pirated" (Arhh!) material, it's about making the exercising of fair use rights by consumers as easy as it was with VHS/Cassettes/CDROM (the real CDROM, the one that is allowed to use the logo).
Re:Windows....Mac.....? (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:DMCA doesn't apply ourside USofA (Score:4, Insightful)
10 Years Down the Road... (Score:3, Insightful)
OK?
GUI for Sox, Image Magic and ffmpeg (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:I wonder who will be first.. (Score:1, Insightful)
A popular mp3 player before the ipod
A popular GUI before the mac's, well lisa's.
I can't do that before checking with wikipedia to see if my vague recollections are correct.
Re:What is property? (Score:2, Insightful)
However, once I've bought that book, I don't plan on paying Stephen King each time I intend to read it. If I have bought the deluxe-bigass-hardcopy edition, and plan on reading it while backpacking, it is my good right to photocopy that book.
That's what this software means to achieve: Use stuff you've bought legally, in the way YOU want it, not hindered by commercially-imposed limits of device, location, etc. I don't have an Ipod, I have a minidisc. If I buy stuff from Itunes, I need to get rid of the DRM in order to listen to it, even though I've bought it fairly.