BB reader Alfie says “Jon Johansen has re-opened the Itunes hole recently blocked by apple, making 3rd party accessible again.”
The entry on Jon’s blog (the site’s appropriately titled “So Sue Me”) reads:
The iTunes Music Store recently stopped supporting iTunes versions below 4.7 in an attempt to shut out 3rd party clients. I have reverse engineered the iTMS 4.7 crypto which will once again enable 3rd party clients to communicate with the iTMS.
Link to blog post.
Image: Declan McCullagh for Wired News. (thanks also, Rik, Phillip, and Andreas)
Previously: DVD Jon creates DRM-free iTunes interface “PyMusique”, Apple blocks DVDJon’s PyMusique app
Update: Regarding “So Sue Me,” BB reader Xopl sez: “There’s more than one reason Jon Johansen chose that title: Link.”
Update 2: CNET’s John Borland has more: Link to “‘DVD Jon’ reopens iTunes back door.”