- DoubleTwist Ventures
Infobox_Company
company_name = DoubleTwist Ventures
company_type = Private
foundation = San Francisco, California
location = Redwood Shores, California
key_people =Monique Farantzos , Managing Director
homepage = [http://www.doubletwistventures.com/ www.doubletwistventures.com]
industry = Digital MediaDoubleTwist Ventures is a digital media interoperability company notable for having reverse engineered Apple's
FairPlay DRM system. According toFortune Magazine , DoubleTwist is offering two software products: one that would let other companies sell FairPlay-protected songs that play on theiPod , and another that would let competing hardware devices play FairPlay content.DoubleTwist employs
Jon Lech Johansen , also known as "DVD Jon", as a software engineer.doubleTwist
DoubleTwist is a social-network-like application that requires you to create an account before use. After installing, creating an account, then logging in, you are presented with options to "Liberate" your media and share it with friends through different mediums including Facebook.
External links
* [http://www.doubletwist.eu/ doubleTwist home page]
* [http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/10/30/8391726/index.htm Fortune Magazine: Unlocking the iPod]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6083110.stm BBC News: iTunes copy protection 'cracked']
* [http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6129476.html ZDNet: DVD Jon, DoubleTwist crack Apple's FairPlay]
* [http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/24/dvd-jons-doubletwist-to-provide-fairplay-for-devices-too/ Engadget: DVD Jon's DoubleTwist to Provide FairPlay for Devices too]
* [http://apple.slashdot.org/apple/06/10/02/1845254.shtml?tid=176 Slashdot: DVD Jon reverse engineers FairPlay]
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