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January 21, 2008
iTunes 24-Hour Movie Rental Limit Hacked, then
The 24-hour limit on watching Apple's new iTunes movie rentals was briefly hackable. Gizmodo reported early Thursday that simply playing with your system time -- either setting it forward before watching a movie, or backward after watching a movie -- confused iTunes and allowed effectively unlimited watching time for your movies. In a follow up report, the site noted that Apple has now disabled that workaround, restoring the company's 24 hour time limit on watching movies.
From iTunes 24-Hour Movie Rental Limit Hacked, then
Posted by Peter at January 21, 2008 11:54 AM
