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Monday, July 26, 2004

RealNetworks Reverse Engineers Apple's FairPlay DRM Scheme

WinInfo: "RealNetworks announced this morning that it has reverse engineered Apple's FairPlay Digital Rights Management (DRM) scheme, allowing users to load songs purchased from Real's online music store onto Apple's successful but closed iPod portable audio player. Apple had previously refused to share the technical information RealNetworks needed to make this possible, with Apple CEO Steve Jobs snubbing repeated pleas by RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser. Apparently, RealNetworks got tired of waiting. Today, the company announced its Harmony Technology, a DRM translation system that the company says will help consumers securely transfer legally purchased music to every popular secure music device."

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