My draft post on why librarians should boycott DRM may already be outdated.
This tip on subverting the DRM posse is thanks to Scott Douglas at Speak Quietly and Dispatches from a Public Librarian (McSweeneys), which should be checked out, if only for this entry on one librarian’s journey to a library conference, and back.
Release your fear of being enslaved to your digital music players. A Norwegian chap once famous for decrypting DVDs has created free software to decrypt the DRM from your music files. Still using FB? (speaking as one who is weening myself off) DoubleTwist has a FB app that enables you to share audio and video from your desktop with your friends … given that FB does not permit the posting of copyrighted images to decorate user created groups, etc. I wonder how they will respond to this app.
As I have not tried it out I make no endorsements. Reportedly the quality is the same as burning a CD. I will say that as an mp3 player owner, iTunes should be thanking the Norwegian bloke (AKA “DVD Jon“) who threw this one together. But they’ll probably sue. Myself, I’ll be more likely to pay for iTunes or other music if I know I can have more control over what I do with it and not be tied to a device.
I love Scandinavia.
-PC-