How Do You ‘Legally Circumvent’ Copy Protection I Hear You Cry!

This is how! A wonderful program by doubleTwist called, surprisingly enough, doubleTwist desktop. It synchronises with iTunes or Windows Media Player, getting around their copy protection by converting the DRM files to MP3s in real-time while you listen to them. This means no copyright laws are ‘technically’ being broken. It’s just like recording from the radio or TV!

The platform also allows you to share music over Facebook (other social networking sites to follow) with the use of it’s ‘TwistMe’ application. It’s genius. According to their website (and I will test this in a minute) it “acts like a media drop-box, enabling your friends to send you pictures, video and audio…right to you your desktop”.

The company’s mission is “to enable consumers to enjoy their digital media on the widest possible range of devices and help them share what they’ve created with friends”.

Brilliant! The concept is great and what’s more - the company was started by the guy who broke the copy protection on DVDs.

I just love the term “legally circumvent” too. It’s an oxymoron and just makes me laugh!