Viodentia
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Viodentia (sometimes written with a lowercase v) is a pseudonym used by the creator of FairUse4WM, a program that breaks copy protection technology used by popular music download sites such as Rhapsody, Yahoo! Music, and Napster.[1]
According to an interview[2] published by the weblog Engadget, Viodentia does not live in the United States.[1]
[edit] Lawsuit
On 22 September 2006, Microsoft filed a federal lawsuit against John Does 1-10 a/k/a "viodentia", hoping to identify the person or persons. An online post by Viodentia contains an implicit defense against Microsoft's allegations of copyright infringement:
"FairUse4WM has been my own creation, and has never involved Microsoft source code. I link with Microsoft's static libraries provided with the compiler and various platform SDK files."[3]
Unable to identify or locate Viodentia, Microsoft dropped the lawsuit without prejudice in 2007.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Microsoft sues Viodentia for copyright infringement, by Cyrus Farivar, Engadget 26 September 2006
- ^ The Engadget Interview: Viodentia, creator of FairUse4WM, by Ryan Block, Engadget 25 September 2006
- ^ New version 1.3, by viodentia, Doom9's Forum, 27 September 2006, 07:27
- ^ Microsoft drops lawsuit against FairUse4WM creator, by Joel Hruska, Ars Technica 10 April 2007
[edit] External links
- FairUse4WM – a WM/DRM removal program, a thread at Doom9's Forum started by Viodentia and containing a number of comments from them
- Microsoft vs John Does 1-10 FairUse4WM Court Filings at Cryptome
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