DoubleTwist Ventures
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DoubleTwist Ventures | |
Type | Private |
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Founded | San Francisco, California |
Headquarters | Redwood Shores, California |
Key people | Monique Farantzos, Managing Director |
Industry | Digital Media |
Website | www.doubletwistventures.com |
DoubleTwist Ventures is a digital media interoperability company notable for having reverse engineered Apple's FairPlay DRM system. According to Fortune Magazine, DoubleTwist is offering two software products: one that would let other companies sell FairPlay-protected songs that play on the iPod, and another that would let competing hardware devices play FairPlay content.
DoubleTwist employs Jon Lech Johansen, also known as DVD Jon, as a software engineer.
[edit] External links
- Fortune Magazine: Unlocking the iPod
- BBC News: iTunes copy protection 'cracked'
- ZDNet: DVD Jon, DoubleTwist crack Apple's FairPlay
- Engadget: DVD Jon's DoubleTwist to Provide FairPlay for Devices too
- Slashdot: DVD Jon reverse engineers FairPlay