A Copyfighter’s Musings

I want to make sure to point once again to the comments following my post
on the development of a Napster 2.0 DRM decryption tool.  Alex
Goodwin made
a series of clarifications, repeating that the decryption
utility is only in development and is not complete.  Many
commenters railed against my post as premature, but, in my own defense,
it was other news sites that “jumped the gun.” They completely
misconstrued the post as well as Cody’s own blog – I spoke of the tool throughout in the future tense, and the
very first line clearly stated that the utility was, according to Cody,
only near completion and not actually complete.  This, I feel, is
still accurate and useful to report, and I am fairly confident that if
not Cody then someone else will soon be able to create a decryption utility –
it is inevitable.  Reporting on the progress, strategy, and
potential impact of the development was my purpose.  However, the extent to
which my post contributed to the generation of misinformation 
is quite unfortunate, so I want to make sure to flag the
comments.  Again: the utility is not complete, it is in
development and, according to Cody, nearing completion.

Filed by Derek Slater at 1:09 am under General news
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