Apple refuses to PlayFair

APPLE HAS SHUT down a project that can be used to enable fair use of music purchased from Apple's iTunes music service.

M'learned friends from Job's mob ordered the Indian organisation Sarovar which was hosting the project called Playfair to stop doing it.

Sarovar is a facility for free software creators. It was in the process of developing PlayFair which allows people to play music on non-Apple authorised hardware, provided an authorised key is available.

Playfair was originally hosted at the US Sourceforge, but Apple's briefs invoked the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and) and forced the takedown of the program.

However, since hosting the project in India was not illegal, the creator of Playfair approached Sarovar and got backing from two Indian companies.

India was not far enough away for Job's mob who have targeted the hosting ISP and sponsors of Sarovar.

The organisation decided to take down PlayFair, however they issued a stinging attack on Apple saying that: "...a corporation is using legal means to shut down a free software project in India for the first time and the small project is left defenceless even though they believe that they are right. This letter from Apple will have a profound impact on freedom for Indians and people all over the world. If we do not fight back, we will be on our way on a slippery slope. If we win, it will be a momentous victory with impact all over the world." µ