Recently Apple Shuts Down iPod Interoperability Effort.
The reasons stated was because those using it where taking advantage of the information to reverse engineer FairPlay. This is not the case. The real reason was because those using it where trying to develop software that let Ipods plug into NON-apple (Itunes) software.
Ie, unlock the iPod from itunes.
There is no real legal issue in doing this. It is not breaking a DRM. It is simply developing a universal plug as like to plug your device into a power point any where in the world.
Apple does not see it this way and has twisted DMCA rules to its own gain.
This just leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
Read this post for a more detailed brief.
1 response so far ↓
1 Philip // Dec 7, 2008 at 5:19 pm
Interesting development. Not sure why you would want to stop using free software that is pretty impressive anyways but it looks to me more like a case of copyright infringement.
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