FairPlay
Sign in to saveFairPlay is a family of digital rights management (DRM) technologies developed by Apple Inc. for protecting videos, books and apps and historically for music.
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Music
- Technical details
- Lawsuit
- Circumvention/removal
- RealNetworks and Harmony technology
- ''Hymn''
- Steve Jobs' "Thoughts on Music" open letter
- Reactions
- iTunes Store DRM changes
- FairPlay Streaming
- Books
- Apps
- Problems
- References
FairPlay is a family of digital rights management (DRM) technologies developed by Apple Inc. for protecting videos, books and apps and historically for music.
== Music == The initial version of FairPlay was created to protect music on the iTunes Store, and is the only version of FairPlay that is no longer actively used.
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