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Hymn (which stands for Hear Your Music aNywhere) was an open-source tool that allowed users to remove the FairPlay DRM of music bought from the iTunes Store. [31] [32] [33] It was later supplanted by QTFairUse6. [34] The Hymn project later shut down after a cease and desist from Apple. [35]
In an open letter, Musicload stated that three out of every four calls to their customer support phone service are as a result of consumer frustration with DRM. [43] Apple Inc. made music DRM-free after April 2007 [44] and labeled all music as "DRM-Free" after 2008. [45]
So off we go, into the land of Fair Use lollipops and DRM-free candy canes. Click-on to see how it all goes down as we upgrade our iTunes music library. iTunes Plus and EMI's DRM-free music hands-on
In January 2009, Apple signed deals with all major record labels as well as a large number of independent labels in order to begin to offer most iTunes music DRM-free. [159] [160] [161] On January 6, 2009, Apple announced that DRM had been removed from 80% of its music catalog in the US. [162]
It doesn't look like any open letter to the industry by Jobs is going to halt the unrelenting European pressure on Apple to open FairPlay and make iTunes interoperable, especially not now that the ...
Apple has been ordered to pay $308.5 million in a lawsuit alleging that the copyright protection in the App Store and Music violates PMC's patents.
On January 6, 2009, Apple announced that DRM has been removed from 80% of the music catalog and that it would be removed from all music by April 2009. iPods cannot play music files from competing music stores that use rival-DRM technologies like Microsoft's protected WMA or RealNetworks' Helix DRM. Example stores include Napster and MSN Music.
It is possible, however, to remove these custom tags to restore interoperability with players that conform strictly to the AAC specification. As of January 6, 2009, nearly all music on the USA regioned iTunes Store became DRM-free, with the remainder becoming DRM-free by the end of March 2009. [65]