A group of underground programmers has posted code online it says will reopen a backdoor in Apple Computer’s iTunes store, allowing Linux computer users to purchase music free of copy protection. The release comes just a day after Apple blocked a previous version of the program, called PyMusique, in part by requiring all iTunes customers …
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