Apple Sends Cease-and-Desist To the Hymn Project

Troed writes "Tools for removing DRM from iTunes-purchased songs (myFairTunes7, QtFairUse6) have been available from the Hymn Project Web site for some time. These are legal in many countries. But on the 20th Apple sent a Cease and Desist note to Hymn's ISP, forcing the site admins to remove all download links. It is speculated that this is due to a new tool being created (Requiem) that attacks Apple's FairPlay DRM through cryptographic means instead of by copying the unprotected music from memory while it is being played. But since the tools are no longer available (after several days there are still no public mirrors), discussion around this topic has died out. Many users buy music from the iTunes store and rely on DRM removal to be able to play the content on their mobile phones. Apple may be on dangerous ground here, since those users might now start checking out competing services."

this just in!

[Anonymous Coward]

Apple wants you to pay for music!

Damn Sony and their DRM!

[feepness]

Another draconian legal tactic by a truly evil company! I would never touch on of their prod... oh wait, Apple?

Ooh, look over there! Shiny!

LINK?

[Virgil Tibbs]

a thousand internets for the first link to a working mirror two thousand internets for everyone who subsequently mirrors it ten thousand internets for the first person to get it hosted on apple.com

Re:In Apple's defense

[Lehk228]

because apple makes money selling ipods and anyone buying competing music players is STEALING from apple's investors.

because we all know...

[Anonymous Coward]

that removing software from its original website means no one can get it off the internet anymore

Re:In Apple's defense

[Anpheus]

Thank you for enlightening me on the process by which an MP3 becomes stale.

I am encouraged by my business comrades to hire you for your superior sector of technology information abilities and would like to offer you your current salary to work with us.

We have recently had problems with our code growing mold and this has affected increasing numbers of our computer cluster and Sasha just recently came down with an illness from breathing in so many of the contaminated spores.

Re:In Apple's defense

[Enoxice]

Your analogy is also flawed: Apple doesn't make Coke.

Re:Everyone send in donations

[Ossifer]

So it's in Indiana... big deal... ;-)

Re:In Apple's defense

[Score Whore]

They already lost my business by not supporting the platform I now use, now they will lose my business from their tactics.

So... you already took your ball and went home, now you're going to continue to stay home?

Re:In Apple's defense

[sumdumass]

If he doesn't take you up on your offer, I would like to let you know I am interested. I taught him nothing that he knows.

Although we would need to negociate the salary, I would require a significant increase, wages from flipping whoppers isn't exactly a career choice you know. None the less, I am fully capable of taking purely obvious puns out of context and relating them to purely obvious and somewhat common technology incompacitated way. After all, I was the top shoe salesman in my area until I burnt the shop down toking on a one hit in the store room. Who knew that the disinfectant was that flammable? Anyways, I can start as soon as the rest of this insurance money runs out.

I am sure we wold both benefit and I could be a complete ass set to your company. And tell sasha not to worry, penicillin fixes a lot of things and they even got stuff better then that now. But if it is something she can't get rid of, I know a guy who can probably still help her make a living.

Re:In Apple's defense

[that this is not und]

A better analogy is that your senile old Aunt bought you an Ipod and a gift card for the Itunes music store for Christmas, instead of the iRiver player that you really wanted. As the unreplacable battery slowly deteriorates in the Ipod you're looking for ways to convert the music so you can pitch the Apple junk.

The coke part doesn't belong in the discussion, except for the historical fact that Steve Jobs used to be a coke dealer, which is off-topic.

Re:In Apple's defense

[Anonymous Coward]

What about Apple juice instead of Coke?

Re:Evil

[DAldredge]

Because they are Apple you idiot!

Don't you know they invented all of the following and without Apple no one else would have ever invented them!

Computers.
Cell Phones.
Music Players.
Mice.
Keyboards.
Color Displays.
Music itself.

You need to report to your nearest center for an extra strength RDF booster!

Re:In Apple's defense

[EvilNTUser]

Your analogy is also flawed. It's more like buying the Coke from a store fully knowing that the owner is a fascist bent on world domination. He used your money to finance his mil^H^Harketing campaign and successfully took over your country, but hey, you had to have your Coke.

I don't care if it was chained to the store, because you deserved much worse. Stop supporting oppressive business models. Now.

Re:In Apple's defense

[Anpheus]

Sasha is a guy though sh... he still resembles that remark, you insensitive clod.

Re:In Apple's defense

[argiedot]

No it isn't. I don't know what they used to encode their tracks to AAC but it was certainly not LAME.