「DVDジョン」ことヨハンセン、DRMフリーの音楽サービスMP3tunesに参加

by Ittousai Oct 19th 2005 @ 8:15AM

「DVD Jon」ことヨン・ヨハンセンといえば16歳の時にDVDの暗号を破るDeCSSを書いてハリウッドの逆鱗に触れ、圧力を受けた地元警察に逮捕(罪状：自分のPCへの不法侵入)されるもEFFの協力で勝訴、その後はウィンドウズメディアやアップルのFairPlay(PyMusique)などデジタル著作権管理システムをことごとく解析、解除ツールを公開してDRM好きなコンテンツ業界の天敵として活躍していらっしゃる愉快なノルウェー青年21歳ですが(長い)、DRMを一切使わない音楽配信サービスとして知られるMP3tunesに参加するため渡米した模様です。

MP3tunesの仕掛け人Michael Robertson(MP3.com, リンドウズ, SIPphone, Project Gizmoで知られるネット実業家。富豪)との個人的な親交からプロジェクトに招かれたこと、「何かリバースエンジニアリングに関わる仕事をする」こと以外はまだ不明。

Jon様とは関係ない小ネタ：CEATECのソニーブースで、新ウォークマンを解説していた展示員のお姉さんに「iTMSで買った曲のライブラリはウォークマンで聴けますか？」と質問したら(するな)、世にも残念そうな顔で「アップルさんはすごい囲い込みをやってますからね～」と言われたらしい。ソニーは？?

[本家Engadget]

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