Microsoft update kills FairUse4WM
Enjoying those DRM-free music tracks you decrypted using FairUse4WM? Well, it looks like the fun is over, at least for now. Microsoft recently send out a Windows update that seems to block the Windows Media hacking tool. We have every confidence that FairUse4WM's author, (a hacker going by the name of Viodentia) or someone else will come along and crack Microsoft's DRM scheme again. But it's ...
A code hacker whose handle is 'viodentia' has been officially sued by Microsoft for cracking its digital rights management (DRM) software. FairUse4WM is the program in question, which cracks the DRM on music downloaded from music subscription services. Engadget's interview with "viodentia" shed light on the developers tactics and how he or she managed to crack Microsoft's code. Microsoft is ...





