Microfost is once again on the defensve against hackers after the launch of a new program that gives average PC users tools to unlock copy-protected digital music & movies.
The lates version of this program, FairUse4M, which can crack Microsoft's digital rights management (DRM) system for Windows Media audio & video files, was published online. FairUse4M has a simple drag & drop interface and PC users can turn the protected music files they bought online into DRM - free tunes that can be copied and shared, or converted into MP3 files.
"We knew at the start that no DRM technology is going to be impervious to circumvention," said Jonathan usher, a director in Microsoft's consumer media technology group. He did not say ow many songs have bee stripped of copy protection, or how long it will take for Microsoft to combat the hack again.
But the music industry is aware of Microsoft's technology, he said, and added that he does not expect record labels to lose patience with the process. While Usher said Microsoft will remain committed to copy protection, attitudes around the industry are tarting to shift.
Apple's chief, Steve Jobs, for one, has started calling for end to digital music-locking earlier this year. In fact, Apple, as well as Web retailer Amazon.com, have already jumped on the DRM-free bandwagon.
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