p2pnet.net News:- That’s a shame.

The Playfair site (derived from FairPlay, the DRM app used by Apple uses to ‘protect’ AAC files bought on iTunes Music Store), is offline.

Playfair strips embedded FairPlay DRM from iTunes tunes without loss of fidelity, says Playfair’s creator.

But that’s bent. Right?

Nope, says the author: “First of all, I buy all of my music. In fact, most of the music I buy I buy from the iTunes Music Store. However, I want to be able to play the music I buy wherever I want to play it without quality loss, since I PAID FOR that quality. I want musicians to make money.

“I want Apple to make money. I don’t condone sharing music through P2P networks with the masses, though I believe making a mix CD or playlist for a friend is okay. I also think the RIAA are a bunch of crooks, but that’s another story.”

UPDATE >> coyote writes on Mac / here: “Apple computer issued a cease and desist order to Sourceforge to shut down the PlayFair web site (cache). The development team is currently looking for a new home for the project. It’s not surprising that Apple did this, but I guess I’m still disappointed whenever they whack someone with a lawyer.”

[No proof that it was an Apple C&D. You can still find PlayFair in a SourceForge search, but it returns a page saying “Invalid Project.”]

UPDATE: Playfair is back - see comments below, and/or go here.

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