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===2006=== On January 8, 2006, Johansen revealed his intent to defeat the encryption of next-generation DVD encryption, [[Advanced Access Content System]] (AACS).<ref>{{cite news | url=http://nanocrew.net/2006/01/08/deaacscom/ | title=DeAACS.com | publisher=nanocr.eu | first=Jon Lech | last=Johansen | date=2006-01-08 | access-date=2007-08-14 | archive-date=2007-08-11 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070811113119/http://nanocrew.net/2006/01/08/deaacscom/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> On June 7, 2006, he announced that he had moved to San Francisco and was joining DoubleTwist Ventures.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://nanocrew.net/2006/06/07/moved-to-san-francisco/ | title=Moved to San Francisco | publisher=nanocr.eu | first=Jon Lech | last=Johansen | date=2006-06-07 | access-date=2007-08-14}}</ref> In October 2006, Johansen and DoubleTwist Ventures announced they had reverse engineered Apple Computer's DRM for iTunes, called FairPlay. Rather than allow people to strip the DRM, DoubleTwist would license the ability to apply FairPlay to media companies who wanted their music and videos to play on the iPod, without having to sign a distribution contract with Apple.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://featured.gigaom.com/2006/10/02/dvd-jon-fairplays-apple/ |title=DVD Jon Fairplays Apple |publisher=GigaOM |first=Liz |last=Gannes |date=2006-10-02 |access-date=2007-08-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061010144755/http://featured.gigaom.com/2006/10/02/dvd-jon-fairplays-apple/ |archive-date=2006-10-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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