Pig Latin encoder aimed at Napster injunction
Aimster programmers have issued a program that, they say, uses the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to prevent the court's injunction against Napster from stopping downloads. Because the DMCA outlaws reverse engineering of encryption schemes, such as those designed to prevent the copying of DVDs, it is theoretically illegal for the music industry to monitor and decode the names of files traded by Napster users who have used the "Pig Encoder" to protect their privacy. The program, for example, changes the word Music to usicM.
Aimster is the file-sharing program that acts as a plugin with AOL's instant messaging service. The company's CEO, Johnny Deep, says the program, which took his programmers about six hours to write, has a "beautiful irony."
For more information, read reuters.yahoo and ap.yahoo. The program can be downloaded from aimster.com.
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