Hacker claims to have cracked iPod restrictions

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/ptech/10/24/ipod.code.ap/index.html


A 22 year old Norwegian hacker known as "DVD Jon" claims to have unlocked playback restrictions on Apple iTunes and iPods and plans on licensing his code out.

This would allow owners of mp3 players other then iPods to use music downloaded from iTunes, or any other digital music store.

This may have a huge impact on Apple's control of the mp3 market if Jon is not sued back into the stone age. However I support this action and feel that it is legal. If we purchase a license agreement to a song for $.99 what should it matter which device plays it? Afterall it's not Apple who owns the music, it's the huge record companies who produce the music.