Microsoft DRM music hack

<img src='http://www.gopaultech.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/microsoft-logo.jpg' style='margin:5px;' align='left' width='100' height='80'>Microsoft is working on closing a loophole that creates a means to strip usage restriction from music files wrapped in its DRM technology. A program called FairUse4WM, recently posted on the internet, allows users to bypass Microsoft's Digital Rights Management (DRM) system.

<img src='http://www.gopaultech.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/microsoft-logo.jpg' style='margin:5px;' align='left' width='100' height='80'>Microsoft is working on closing a loophole that creates a means to strip usage restriction from music files wrapped in its DRM technology. A program called FairUse4WM, recently posted on the internet, allows users to bypass Microsoft's Digital Rights Management (DRM) system.

Microsoft licences its DRM technology to online stores, such as Napster, who use it as a means to restrict the use of music purchased online so as to ensure copyright is not infringed.

Users of these services can downloaded an unlimited quantity of music but (because of Windows DRM restrictions) they would normally not be allowed to play files if a payment is missed. FairUse4WM might be used to remove these restrictions.

You can read more about it here: <a href='http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/31/wm_drm_crack/'>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/31/wm_drm_crack/