A company that's co-founded by the famous Norwegian hacker 'DVD Jon' has announced the release of a new program. This program removes the copy protection from audio tracks, or as others like to put it, liberates music from the copy protection regime.

The company, doubleTwist, based in San Fransisco says that its newest program easily converts the copy-protected title into a different format. This allows more transfers and copies of the audio file and much more. The DRM used on the tracks from Apple's iTunes Store restricts playback to Apple devices only, but doubleTwist users can copy copy-protected Apple songs to popular non-Apple devices (eg. Sony PSP, Nokia N-series, etc.).

DoubleTwist's software also has a social file-sharing program where friends can synchronise tracks. The method doubleTwist is using is basically the same as when a user 'rips' music from a CD to a computer. They replay the song in fast-forward mode while they capture a copy by re-recording it. A legal way to enjoy more, since one hundred songs can be converted in half an hour.

The company said it has created a legal technique that balances the consumer's desire to share media with their friends without unleashing a new wave of wholesale piracy.