Great post Sarah! I suggest everyone re-read paragraph two. It states that reverse-engineering this file is required to make your iPod work with alternative software. THAT IS TO SAY: Cracking this file lets you use your iPod as an mp3 jukebox without any need for iTunes. This is not about DRM, or piracy IMO. It's about Apple locking up the hardware to prevent a legal, reasonable use. The excuse is "piracy" but the bad smell people notice is the monopolization that iTunes represents. It does media management, license management, and acts as the marketplace. And it's the only way to purchase iPhone apps. They could have divided iTunes into a separate functional units, some of which are vanilla innocent things like "add mp3 to db", "play db item" and "playlist mgmt" I followed the DeCSS wars and I do not fall for the argument that "reverse-engineering anything in iTunes is a violation of DMCA" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... I need to find one of those t-shirts with the DeCss algorithm, and the long n - Richard ¿digame? Walker from FriendFeed MT Plugin