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	qtfairuse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The program dumps the raw output of a QuickTime AAC stream to a file, which could bypass the digital rights management software used to encrypt content of music from media such as those distributed by the iTunes Music Store, Apple Computer's on-line music store.
		Once installed on a computer running Windows, QTFairUse saves the intermediate decrypted result produced by QuickTime whenever QuickTime plays a protected AAC file.
		Although these resulting raw AAC files were unplayable in their final form by most media players at the time of release, they represent the first attempt at circumventing Apple's encryption.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /QTFairUse.html (190 words)

	QTFairUse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		QTFairUse is an open source program first released in November 2003 by JonJohansen.
		QTFairUse saves an AAC formattedaudio file without digital rights management protection from a version of the AAC file with protection.
		Although these resulting rawdata files were unplayable in their final form by some media players at the time of release, they represent the first attempt atbreaking Apple's encryption.
	www.therfcc.org /RFCC/qtfairuse-297016.html (143 words)

	QTFairUse Definition / QTFairUse Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		QTFairUse is an open source program first released in November 2003 2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December...
		The program dumps the raw output of a QuickTime AAC stream to a file, which could bypass the digital rights management software used to encrypt content of music from media such as those distributed by the iTunes Music StoreThe iTunes Music Store (iTMS) is a paid online music service run by Apple Computer.
		Although these resulting raw AAC files were unplayable in their final form by most media players at the time of release, they represent the first attempt at circumventing Apple's encryptionIn cryptography, encryption is the process of obscuring information to make it unreadable without special knowledge.
	www.elresearch.com /QTFairUse (380 words)

	Geek Patrol: QTFairUse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		With QTFairUse, you get a perfect, unprotected, digital copy of the protected audio; unfortunately, you don't get any of the other metadata that's found in the original file.
		QTFairUse will enable them to play their music on computers that don't have iTunes (say, Linux machines), or allow them to share music with their friends.
		QTFairUse will even let them upload music to peer-to-peer networks (although the people that end up downloading that music probably wouldn't consider shopping at the iTunes Music Store anyway).
	www.geekpatrol.ca /archives/2003/11/28/qtfairuse.php (410 words)

	Geek Patrol: QTFairUse in Use (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		QTFairUse is distributed as source code; in order to use it, you'll either need a compiler or you'll have to track down a binary version (most peer-to-peer file sharing networks have binary versions of QTFairUse, but I'm not sure I'd trust these version to be virus- or trojan-free).
		Building QTFairUse with MinGW is trivial (it's actually more difficult to install MinGW), and once it's done all you need to do is run QTFairUse once in order to enable it.
		However, faad (Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder) is a notable exception; it was written from the ground-up to support AAC files (i.e., the files that QTFairUse produces).
	www.geekpatrol.ca /archives/2003/12/08/qtfairuseinuse.php (608 words)

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	Chaosmint :: QTFairUse, MyTunes, and Protected AAC Explained
		QTFairUse is a completely different tool, specifically aimed at converting M4P (Protected AAC) files to M4A (AAC) files.
		QTFairUse isn't any quicker than burning your songs to disk and re-ripping them.
		but the reason that appears to be cited by the QTFairUse author is to allow him to play his purchased M4P songs on Linux.
	www.chaosmint.com /macintosh/articles/qtfairuse-mytunes-itunes.shtml (632 words)

	Macworld: News: New code first step in breaking Apple's DRM
		A link to the file, called QTFairUse, was posted on a Web log that is maintained by Jon Lech Johansen, also known as "DVD Jon." When compiled and run, the program allows iTunes users to make raw copies of songs that use Apple's MPEG-4 Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) standard.
		According to comments in a file included with the QTFairUse code, the program allows users to open and play an AAC file using Apple's free QuickTime media player, then save raw AAC data to a file on the computer.
		Also, while the output file created by QTFairUse would be an identical copy of the original, the copying process does not create a file that can be immediately played by music applications on a user's computer.
	www.macworld.com /news/2003/11/25/qtfairuse/index.php?pf=1 (713 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		While TheRegister tries to explain away the hack as an implementation of an analog stream-ripper, it appears to be a bit more sophisticated than that...
		The hack, which Johansen calls QTFairUse, casts doubts on Apple's ability to protect the intellectual property rights of artists who sell music on iTunes Music Store and comes just a month after the company opened the service to Windows users.
		QTFairUse is a small command-line utility for Windows that shows developers how to bypass the security features in Apple's protected Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) format, which the iTunes Music Store uses.
	linuxmafia.com /faq/Licensing_and_Law/mp4 (3334 words)

	TotalTabs[Rock] :: Rock News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Last Friday, a new security-cracking program called QTFairUse was posted -- along with the message "So sue me" -- on a Web site(http://nanocrew.net/blog/apple/qtfairuse.html) for which Johansen is listed as the registrant, or owner.
		QTFairUse then could be used as the foundation of other programs.
		In its current form, the software leaves the unprotected music data in a form that is unplayable without additional software.
	rock.totaltabs.com /news.asp?id=560 (461 words)

	Norwegian Hacker Beats Apple's iTunes DVD Code (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Since QTFairUse relies on a QuickTime stream, it's really only useful for circumventing the copy protection of streaming content or downloaded tracks.
		QTFairUse won't let users steal content from the iTunes Music Store without first paying for the download, so this isn't as bad for Apple as it could be.
		Right now, all QTFairUse creates is a raw memory dump, but because Johansen is providing the full source to QTFairUse, it's probably only a matter of time before someone releases a program that converts Apple's iTunes music downloads directly to DRM-less MP3s.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1030261/posts (939 words)

	IP Justice (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In November 2003, Johansen published a new computer program called "QTFairUse" that allows consumers to make digital fair use of their Apple iTunes music collections by legally opening a music file and then saving it as an unrestricted file.
		QTFairUse is only foundational software since it leaves the music file in an unplayable format and needs additional software to actually play the music.
		But QTFairUse is published under an Open Source license enabling others to freely build upon it and incorporate the code into new applications and devices.
	www.ipjustice.org /media/release20031202_en.shtml (798 words)

	HardGrok
		Of course the last time I did something similar, with DeCSS back in 2000, the MPAA got a bit riled up and sent cease and desist letters to Harvard University (where I was an undergrad at the time).
		I had to build QTFairUse myself using MinGW since the QTFairUse binaries I found on eMule were trojans (thanks, assholes), but FAAD and the in_mp4.dll plugin for WinAmp (to play back your processed AAC files) are easily found here.
		Now QTFairUse may be a violation of the DMCA, but then again, most of us agree the DMCA is unconstitutional.
	hardgrok.org /main/modules.php?name=News&new_topic=7 (1093 words)

	infoAnarchy \|\| QtFairUse: Cracking iTunes' DRM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		QtFairUse extracts DRM-free AAC data from a DRM'd AAC stream as it plays in the Quicktime player.
		A few caveats: the software only works for Windows, and the dumped streams are raw AAC without headers, so they cannot be easily played.
		QtFairUse is not quite ready for everyday use, perhaps, but it is at least a proof of concept.
	www.infoanarchy.org /story/2003/11/24/22326/600 (1327 words)

	ITunes Music Store Hacked, QTFairUse Shags DRM, November 25th, 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		While this application isn’t for the casual user, the big concern is that other developers could use the open source code to write an easily used application for even the novice to use.
		Johansen's latest program (QTFairUse) is the most recent move in the ongoing game of cat and mouse being played by digital rights management technology creators and hackers, who see the copy locks as a challenge.
		Johansen was sued in Norway for releasing the software, but a court there ruled that he had the right to decode a DVD he had purchased so that he could play it on a Linux-based computer.
	www.blueskymining.com /112503_itunes_hacked.htm (575 words)

	GearBits: iTunes Hacked (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Instead, it intercepts the music file while it is in the process of being streamed and before the DRM is applied.
		While this implies that - similar to DeCSS - the program works only on content legitimately purchased from iTunes, a number of observers suggest that the program can be mis-used because it allows users to compile their own database of unprotected - and potentially distributable - content.
		In its current release, QTFairUse does require some programming knowledge to implement, but more user-friendly versions are likely to appear in time.
	www.gearbits.com /archives/2003/11/itunes_hacked.html (285 words)

	Note on QTFairUse (which breaks iTunes Music Store DRM) and ... \| Mac Forums
		Link: Note on QTFairUse (which cirumvents iTunes Music Store DRM) and what it means for Apple.
		I've been seeing the same misinformation printed enough times (the DRM isn't really broken/the files aren't playable/it's difficult to add the headers) that it's beginning to look a bit more like a disinformation campaign.
		Nah, the BS is in the linked article: "QTFairUse isn't mature enough to make making DRM-free versions of music easy and straightforward." It took about as long to compile faad2 as it did to write a bulk ripping script.
	forums.macrumors.com /archive/index.php/t-49295 (293 words)

	Legal MP3 Downloads: An Open Letter to Music Pirates and "DVD Jon"
		QtFairUse is not about getting free music, it's about having freedom to use music you paid for as you.
		In the case of QTFairUse, he is not even decrypting the AAC audio, but simply saving the results of decryption by the host system under normal conditions.
		That is, he is simply using facilities that he has paid appropriate licensing fees for to copy music for personal use and conforms to the terms of use.
	onlinetonight.net /mp3/001632.html (16195 words)

	Qtfairuse - download, qtfairuse exe, qtfairuse tar gz
		Mac Rumors: QTFairUse - iTunes Digital Rights Management (DRM And play a MPEG4 AAC file in QuickTime Player The raw AAC data will be written to DesktopQTFairUse aac The application clearly piggybacks off of Apple's Quicktime player and patches the
		Chaosmint :: QTFairUse, MyTunes, and Protected AAC Explained Songs for free from the iTunes Music Store You will see that MyTunes and QTFairUse have nothing to do with each other, and serve different purposes altogether File Formats MP3 - a
		Geek Patrol: QTFairUse in Use Dec 2003 After I wrote about QTFairUse last week, I spent some time actually trying to use QTFairUse It seems that QTFairUse and the files it produces have enough issues that will
	www.hyperglobality.com /qtfairuse (547 words)

	More Buffoonery From The Media In QTFairUSe Coverage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Last week, we brought you a report detailing the ways in which the media has misreported a new piece of Windows software called QTFairUse.
		QTFairUse allows Windows users to record songs downloaded from the iTunes Music Store (iTMS) into a separate file as it is being played.
		Based on a security hole in QuickTime itself, the QTFairUse exploit effectively makes Apple's DRM scheme, FairPlay, irrelevant to those wishing to make copies of their iTMS downloads (read TMO's full coverage for more information).
	www.webprowire.com /summaries/642903.html (240 words)

	The Indefinite Article.
		QTFairUse, as Johansen dubbed his latest program, does not compromise the actual digital rights management (DRM).
		What it does, in effect, is intercept the file while it is streaming and before the DRM gets locked on.
		PC iTunes gets dicked with QTFairUse, as Johansen...
	www.chairjockey.com /2003/11/pc-itunes-gets-dicked-with-qtfairuse.html (71 words)

	More Buffoonery From The Media In QTFairUSe Coverage \|\| The Mac Observer
		QTFairUse does not circumvent FairPlay, as "circumvent" suggests that QTFairUse directly addresses FairPlay.
		Be that as it may, it's interesting to see how much interest QTFairUse is generating around the world.
		That it is generating so much technical inaccuracy may simply be a product of that interest, coupled with the not-so-easy to understand (by non-geeks) concepts involved.
	www.macobserver.com /article/2003/12/01.13.shtml (1202 words)

	Geek.com Geek News - iTunes Music store hack is QuickTime issue
		A program called QTFairUse that is being touted as an iTunes Music Store hack is in reality a QuickTime for Windows vulnerability.
		Norwegian programmer Jon Johansen, best known for his tool to crack DVD copy protection, developed QTFairUse to allow developers to work around the copy protection of songs in the iTunes Music Store.
		CNET was not able to use the exploit successfully in tests, and a QuickTime update from Apple could render the vulnerability useless.
	www.geek.com /news/geeknews/2003Nov/wbm20031126022839.htm (1415 words)

	Program Points Way To iTunes DRM Hack (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Norwegian programmer who distributed the first widely used tool for cracking the copy protection technology found on DVDs has turned his attention to Apple Computer's iTunes.
		But during the next few days, it became clear that the program served as a demonstration of how to evade, if not exactly break, the anticopying technology wrapped around the songs sold by Apple in its iTunes store.
		Because he called the program a "memory dumper," programmers on message boards around the Web speculated that QTFairUse made a copy of the raw, unprotected song data from the computer's temporary memory after it was unprotected for playback, rather than simply recording the audio stream as it played.
	www.warp2search.net /esselbach/story.php?id=15429 (442 words)

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		QTFairUse saves an AAC formatted audio file without digital rights management protection from a version of the AAC file with protection.
		Although these resulting raw data files were unplayable in their final form by some media players at the time of release, they represent the first attempt at breaking Apple's encryption.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/qtfairuse (196 words)

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