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FairPlay 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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  • 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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