You don’t want to mess with DVD Jon.

At 16, he released software which broke the copy protection on Hollywood films.

Now, at 24, he released software that lets iPod owners copy music and videos bought from iTunes and play it on other devices such as Nokia N-series mobile phones, Sony Ericsson’s Walkman and Cybershot handsets, as well as any smartphone powered by Microsoft’s Windows Mobile operating system. His company, doubleTwist, maintains that its service is legal, but lawyers said that Apple would almost certainly seek to shut it down because the law now specifically targeted technologies which attempted to circumvent measures such as DRM (digital rights management).

Back in July, he found a way to activate a brand new unactivated iPhone without signing up for AT&T service. “The iPhone does not have phone capability, but the iPod and Wi-Fi work. Stay tuned!” he wrote on his long-running blog, which is combatively named So Sue Me. The post was entitled “iPhone Independence Day”.

And he looks like such a nice boy.

Tags: Apple | at038t | digital rights management | doubletwist | DVD Jon | hacker | iphone | iPod | Norwegian | so sue me

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