Want more evidence that iTunes is the industry standard for downloadable music? Its copy protection scheme has been rebuilt by the guy who took down DVD encryption.
Jon "DVD Jon" Lech Johanson, the world-famous hacker who, as a teenager, figured out how to decrypt the copy protection on DVDs, has announced he will license a home-brew version of Apple's FairPlay encryption software to people who want to sell iPod-compatible content through non-iTunes channels.
Head over to GigaOM for the rest of the story, which hints that Apple might be quietly pleased with the plan, if only because it will further entrench the iPod as the top media player on the market.
Apple, always having its cake and eating it, too, right?
Via iLounge.
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