iTunes 6, here comes DVD Jon
p2p news / p2pnet: Jon Lech Johansen, aka DVD Jon, says he’s thinking about reverse engineering iTunes 6, but hasn’t gotten around to it yet because pressure of work.
He recently moved from Norway to San Diego in the US to work for Lindows founder Mike Robertson who, among other things, wants back into the mp3 business.
Enter DVD Jon, who’s working on Robertson’s MP3tunes project.
Meanwhile, “Some of you have been pinging me about iTunes 6, Johansen says on his blog.
“Spending hours on end in front of a debugger with pen and paper is not an attractive proposition in the great San Diego weather. Perhaps I’ll find the time in December.”
In another post, he says there are 10 things he doesn’t miss about Norway:
1. The weather.
2. Boring software engineering jobs.
3. 25% sales tax.
4. Tax barriers (up to 500%) on imported meat.
5. State monopoly and high taxes on alcohol (beer is $11 at bars).
6. The farmers, their crappy products, and their propaganda about the dangers of imported food.
7. $7/gallon gasoline (I don’t drive, but the FedEx guy who brings me stuff does) and ~50% tax on cars (a Toyota Prius starts at $46000).
8. The monarchy. “The royal family is so nice” is not an argument for monarchy, especially when you’ve never even met them, you weak-minded sheep.
9. Politicians who pat themselves on the back when the U.N. ranks Norway as the best country to live in.
10. The prosecutor who tried to portray me as a member of an international crime gang.
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win
- Mohandas Gandhi
Tired of being treated like a criminal? They depend on you, not the other way around. Don’t buy their ‘product’. Do bug your local political representatives. Use emails, snail-mail, phone calls, faxes, IM, stop them in the street, blog. And if you’re into organizing, organize petitions, organize demonstrations and then turn up on your local political rep’s doorstep, making sure you’ve contacted your local tv/radio station/newspaper in advance.
See:-
MP3tunes – DVD Jon moves to America, October 19, 2005
blog – iTunes 6, November 15, 2005
November 16th, 2005 at 10:03 pm
HEEEEELLLLLLOOOOOO you apple FANATIcS out there,
Mac, iPod, iTunes are ALL lame products, infested with DRM. All APPLE DOES IS SUE IT”S CUSTOMERS….
….Make you lame, LAME defenses of that shit-ass of a company NOW!
November 16th, 2005 at 10:19 pm
“8. The monarchy. “The royal family is so nice” is not an argument for monarchy, especially when you’ve never even met them, you weak-minded sheep.”
More people in the UK should think like this.
Monarchy costs millions of quid to do very little. Imagine when Big Phil becomes King…does anyone think he will actually rule or just sit about in his Aston Martin wearing his priceless crown?