MPAA's "University Toolkit" Violates Copyright Laws

You just can pay for this kind of humor.

You might have heard about the MPAA's "University Toolkit" which is essentially spyware (rootkit). Well they forced schools to install this on their servers to monitor if students are violating copyright laws by pirating movies. Well the Toolkit is based off of GPL-licensed Xubuntu version of Linux, which requires any code written with it to have its source code licensed under the GPL. Well the MPAA felt that they didn't need to license the code, and refused to do so.

So in a strange twist the Ubuntu developer send the MPAA's ISPs a DMCA notice, ordering them to take it down for Copyright violations!

That's right, the MPAA is violating copyright laws!

The Ubuntu developer should sue for $10,000 per violation, and offer them a settlement of $3000. Isn't that the way we do things now MPAA?

[Slashdot via Gizmodo]

Hello..I'm an iTunes.....and I'm a hack!!!

The current version of iTunes, 7.1.1, has been cracked by the creators of QTFairUse6. This allows the user to strip the purchased songs from itunes of its DRM shackles. The software is only for Windows, so my Mac friends will have to wait until someone makes a version for them.

I'm sure Apple has already been informed and iTunes 7.1.2 will make sure to counter the hack.

So if you hate DRM and want to be a pirate, hit the jump for the hack.