Apple can't shut iTunes backdoor

ONLY A DAY after Apple blocked Linux software which opens a backdoor to its iTunes, a group of crackers has worked out a way of getting around the problem.

PyMusique was banned by Apple from gaining access to iTunes after it was discovered that it messed up the company's copyright protection system.

However, in a blog posting, Jon Johansen, known as DVD Jon, said he had been successful at reverse engineering the latest iTunes encryption and reopened the PyMusique's backdoor.

The PyMusique Linux project which can be found here, wants to allow people using Linux computers to purchase music from the iTunes store.

Johansen is no stranger to problems with copyright. He was prosecuted in Norway for releasing the DeCSS code which cracked DVDs, but was cleared of charges. That is how he got his nickname DVD Jon. µ