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Apple just keeps on trying to stop people copying files back from their iPod. This time iTunes 4.8 obfuscates the filenames of songs when copying them over to the iPod. Previous versions of iTunes kept the original filenames which made locating them on the iPod a breeze. Of course anyone with half a brain should be able to locate the required files using a combination of find and id3lib.

Come on Apple stop bowing to the demands of the RIAA. They are my songs and if I want to copy them back to my computer I should be able to. What happens if my computer crashes or I accidentally delete a track? Do I have to go get the CD and RIP it again?
What if my CD gets scratched or destroyed? Will the RIAA replace it free of charge? I do not think so.

Here is a list of some of the obfuscated filenames generated for clarity’s sake.

-rw-rw-rw- 1 peters swdevel 5022700 May 14 01:15 F31/YSPH.mp3
-rw-rw-rw- 1 peters swdevel 5477057 May 14 01:15 F16/ZPTJ.mp3
-rw-rw-rw- 1 peters swdevel 5444628 May 14 01:15 F16/VQEY.mp3
-rw-rw-rw- 1 peters swdevel 4385412 May 14 01:15 F13/UCKB.mp3
-rw-rw-rw- 1 peters swdevel 8638385 May 16 08:28 F28/WKSG.mp3
-rw-rw-rw- 1 peters swdevel 9565521 May 20 08:17 F12/SFLU.mp3
-rw-rw-rw- 1 peters swdevel 13368477 May 21 19:04 F20/QMVH.mp3
-rw-rw-rw- 1 peters swdevel 19586500 May 22 10:17 F07/EOVF.mp3
-rw-rw-rw- 1 peters swdevel 5256689 May 22 14:34 F07/OTTA.mp3
-rw-rw-rw- 1 peters swdevel 32654329 May 23 10:43 F28/MLEH.mp3
-rw-rw-rw- 1 peters swdevel 5834719 May 23 17:34 F04/BWAF.mp3
-rw-rw-rw- 1 peters swdevel 4530355 May 23 22:37 F49/GOUH.mp3
-rw-rw-rw- 1 peters swdevel 14590556 May 23 22:37 F48/YZLL.mp3
-rw-rw-rw- 1 peters swdevel 9582575 May 23 22:37 F45/GHVM.mp3

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