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Norwegian hacker cracks Apple's iTunes anti-pirating software

Nov 24, 2003 1:28AM PST

A Norwegian who drew the ire of the Hollywood movie industry by breaking the encryption code for DVDs at age 15 has now cracked the codes for Apple Computer's online music site iTunes, a report said.

Jon Lech Johansen, nicknamed "DVD Jon" by the local media, has created a programme called "QTFairUse" which he posted on an internet site at the weekend, Norwegian online daily IT-avisen reported.

The programme enables users to circumvent anti-piracy software for Apple's iTunes site and download music for free, instead of paying the normal 99-cent charge per song.

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