DoubleTwist Launches DRM-Stripping Applications

DoubleTwist, the company founded by famed DRM hacker "DVD Jon" Lech Johansen and Monique Farantzos in late 2006, came out of the shadows this week with announcements of venture capital investment and of the launch of its first products: doubleTwist desktop, a personal media sharing application for PCs, and Twist Me! Both products are currently in beta. They enable sharing of media files in a variety of formats and DRM schemes, including Microsoft Windows Media as well as Apple's FairPlay for iTunes, and syncing of media among multiple devices. (DRM Watch)