Wednesday, February 20, 2008

wooooooooooah nelly!

Have you ever heard of a company called DoubleTwist? Me neither, until I read this article about their DRM-stripping application for both music and movies. Yikes, this doesn't sound legal! According to the article not only can the application free your files of the constricting DRM protection but you can also upload and share your files through facebook in a little P2P action. As I was reading I kept thinking "this can't be legal, this can't be legal" but it says "And there’s an excellent chance we’ll see a flurry of lawsuits against DoubleTwist in the near future since the application most likely runs afoul of the DMCA. However, since DoubleTwist is, according to the EULA, owned by a company named SpiceFlow, which is incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands, U.S. laws may not be able to touch it". This will NEVER fly. Of course the article also warns users that to use the program you must register it online (for free) but this will allow the company to track usage. I can't wait for the big companies in music sales (ahem- apple) to come down on these fellas! Grab your popcorn kids, this is going to be quite a show! choo-chooooo, *train wreeeeck*!!!

2 comments:

Katie K said...

hehehe train wreck.
Although! this would be so appealing if you didn't have to register...

lindsayl00 said...

Wow, that is so cool. Ever since I got my Zune, I have been feeling the effects of DRM protected music. I made a vow the other day when I
bought the Jenny Owen Youngs CD off Amazon, that I would forevermore buy music as an mp3 or wma or unprotected file. Even MS uses DRM for music from their marketplace.