DRM cracks continue to thwart iTunes 7

Apple's announcement of the newly revamped iTunes 7 during yesterday's "Showtime" event came with many new updates and features to both the software and the iTunes Store. One of those updates was an update to the FairPlay DRM encryption that Apple uses in the songs sold through iTunes 7, as it rendered DRM stripping software such as QTFairUse6 inoperable.

Well, it didn't take developers very long—just a few hours after the announcement, actually-to compile a new working version of QTFairUse6, version 2.3, that strips songs purchased through iTunes 7 of their DRM. Although the new release is a little shaky-"Experimental iTunes 7.0 support" is one of the changes in the version history-users report that it generally seems to be working.

More kinks need to be worked out before a more stable version of QTFairUse6 is released, but this proves that no matter how many times Apple tries to outsmart developers with the DRM encryption, more dedicated hackers will eventually outsmart Apple in return.