Python and Copyright

Readers who may be concerned about copyright protection technology being applied to their legally acquired music may find this article informative. Some Python programmers have circumvented iTunes' digital rights management (DRM) technology.

While About.com does not encourage cracking digital copyrights, the area of copyright protection law (i.e., what one buys when one pays money for music CDs) is a grey one at the moment. Earlier implementations of DRM have caused harm to the computers and have even compromised the computer's security, installing a root kit that would allow someone to take over the machine remotely. Until the matter is sorted to the satisfaction of both the music industry and consumers, such technology as this Python implementation is likely to find users.