ivanzeta used our news submit to tell us "I thought it was almost impossible to crack this one. But someone did it, and it"s not the same guy from HYMN. Microsoft hasn"t made any comments. At the moment, there"s no way to get the apps. One more point for FairUse."

This is all unverified specualtion, however engadget is reporting that a Japanese site has done just that. Even so, it's interesting to know the latest from the Internet rumor mill on a story as important as this!

No word on whether the two apps that aim to do it (DrmDbg and DRM2WMV) can be retooled for decrypting DRM'd audio files (WMA), and it looks like you need to have a license for the content you want to crack in the first place'”though obviously once the DRM is stripped away, you should be generally able to do whatever you want with the file (share it online, transfer it to a personal video player, etc.).

Anytime there is a blow to a DRM scheme, we can only hope that content manufacturers will take note, and consider the futility of such measures. If this rumor is found true, it will be another blow to Microsoft Trusted Computing and is a bad time for this to happen as some content providers would like to use something to protect their product. We have already reported that Satellite HD content providers are backing away from expensive Microsoft solutions, in favor of more conventional MPEG4 codecs. Who knows what will happen if this story turns out to be accurate. We can be sure to know the answer soon as there is blood in the water now.

Source: engadget