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Windows Media DRM is still fighting it out with FairUse4WM.
FairUse4WMFor those of you who dont know, a hacker recently developed an application, called FairUse4WM, that takes the copy protection from Windows Media DRM 10 and 11 files. What is it?What is Windows Media DRM? I thought you'd never ask. According to Microsoft "Windows Media Digital Rights Management (DRM) is a proven platform to protect and securely deliver content for playback on computers, portable devices, and network devices." In plain english that means that if you buy a song online that has DRM and try to play it on a device other than the one you downloaded it onto... it wont work. Amazingly enough it only took 3 days for Microsoft to patch this "vulnerability". Some people are complaining about the fact that Microsoft cares more about money than security. Since it would take a patch for a true "vulnerability" and not one that simply hits Microsofts bottom line 28 days to make it out of Redmond. Microsoft is in business to make money. Taking care of end-users is a necessary evil... thats just the way it is. So of course Microsoft is going to take care of this one as quickly as possible. Where can I get it?On the bright side, for those of us who want to play the music we paid for on whatever device we choose to, there is FairUse4WM 1.2. It not only gets around the Microsoft patch but also leaves the copy protection in Windows Media DRM 9 and 11beta2 in the dirt. Of course we can expect Microsoft to come out with a patch shortly, to wich we should expect FairUse4WM 2.0. Then the cycle will start all over again. Note: You cant blame Microsoft for trying to make money!If you liked this article you might also like Windows versus Linux or Windows Vista"
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