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http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/171331.html

A programmer claiming to be "mad as hell" about the Digital Millennium
Copyright Act (DMCA) has apparently cracked a recent version of
Microsoft Corp.'s [NASDAQ:MSFT] digital rights management technology. 

In addition, the anonymous cracker has released software that apparently
can remove technological locks on some audio files, while issuing a
manifesto decrying what is described as the "erosion of
readers'/listeners' rights" at the hands of media companies and
lawmakers. 

Adapting a moniker and a rallying cry from the character of Howard Beale
in the 1976 movie "Network," someone using the name "Beale Screamer"
released a program called "FreeMe" - along with its source code. The
program appears capable of removing content protections from Windows
Media Audio (.wma) files. 

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More info can also be found here:

   http://cryptome.org/ms-drm.htm

Also searching for "Beale Screamer" at Google Groups
(http://groups.google.com/) shows 7 messages from the author about
FreeMe.

Richard