From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 8 03:24:06 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD9A216A401 for ; Thu, 8 Feb 2007 03:24:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout2.cac.washington.edu (mxout2.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B80F713C4A6 for ; Thu, 8 Feb 2007 03:24:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.33.9] (may be forged)) by mxout2.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.09) with ESMTP id l183O3RX032606 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Wed, 7 Feb 2007 19:24:03 -0800 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.10.41] (c-67-187-172-183.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [67.187.172.183]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.09) with ESMTP id l183O26w014917 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Wed, 7 Feb 2007 19:24:03 -0800 Message-ID: <45CA97CD.8030500@u.washington.edu> Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2007 19:23:57 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20070122) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <45C64667.6020407@makeworld.com> <2100.67.184.122.32.1170656374.squirrel@www.l-i-e.com> <8cb6106e0702042304o3d486a53u1f07b5007d0dfa70@mail.gmail.com> <45c6e975.Rrw0VxInM8qmFlsC%perryh@pluto.rain.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 5.3.0.289146, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.0.283055, Antispam-Data: 2007.2.7.190934 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' Subject: Re: iTunes - once again. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2007 03:24:06 -0000 Tom Marchand wrote: > > On Feb 5, 2007, at 3:23 AM, perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: > >>>> Call me silly, but it seems to me you ought to be lobbying Apple >>>> for Linux support. >>>> >>>> Get a decent Apple-made Linux player, and FreeBSD support via >>>> the linux emulator would *probably* work, no? >>> >>> I agree, getting Apple to support iTunes on Linux is key. I don't >>> know if there have been other online petitions ... >> >> Good luck. My guess is that open-source systems like Linux or *BSD >> are considered too easily hackable, and therefore prohibited in >> Apple's agreements with the recording industry. (Even if the iTunes >> app itself were distributed as binary-only, having both the input >> and output drivers open-source might be perceived as making it too >> easy to attack the encryption.) > > > Hasn't Apple's DRM already been cracked? At one point in time the DRM in use for encrypting MP4 files was cracked. However, Apple and/or other vendors came up with a different format / scheme for encrypting and/or storing data in iTunes v6+. Read my previous post which mentions hymn. -Garrett