Comments on: How To Free Your Music From The DRM Copy Protection http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-free-your-music-from-the-drm-copy-protection/ Cool Websites, Software and Internet Tips Fri, 24 May 2013 21:59:50 +0000 hourly 1 By: Mark D. http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-free-your-music-from-the-drm-copy-protection/#comment-381098 Mark D. Mon, 30 Mar 2009 04:08:35 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=13345#comment-381098 MuvAudio2 gets around the DMCA restrictions by not actually cracking and removing the DRM from .wma files – but instead creating up to 10 virtual sound cards and playing a queue of files through them – recording the output. Reasonable at sub $20.

]]> By: Bob http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-free-your-music-from-the-drm-copy-protection/#comment-377641 Bob Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:08:25 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=13345#comment-377641 freerip mp3

google it and use it

]]> By: Erick http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-free-your-music-from-the-drm-copy-protection/#comment-377544 Erick Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:10:41 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=13345#comment-377544 From what I have found, the DRM is agreed to by the down loader and as such, breaking the DRM encryption would still be breaking the law.

Saying don’t use this program that breaks the DRM is like Pirate Bay saying don’t download copyrighted material if you country says it’s illegal.

I am not against such software and feel developers and companies are way to strict. Problem is, we are a supply and demand country and as long as people are willing to pay top dollar for software and pay .99 cents a song, nothing is going to change.

]]> By: Justin http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-free-your-music-from-the-drm-copy-protection/#comment-377517 Justin Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:39:06 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=13345#comment-377517 FairUse4WM does it for Windows media (.WMV, .ASF, and .WMA files) and it’s free.

]]> By: Anthony http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-free-your-music-from-the-drm-copy-protection/#comment-377516 Anthony Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:37:36 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=13345#comment-377516 You can also use a program such as AnalogWhole. It will record at least WMA files and transfer them to MP3, while keeping the song information from the original file. It will do a selected queue or a folder of choice.

]]> By: Dan http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-free-your-music-from-the-drm-copy-protection/#comment-377513 Dan Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:28:28 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=13345#comment-377513 At one point I came across this service – either a bunch of Russians or Chinese, I can’t remember — that would do it for you, I think it was something like $50 per 1000 songs… don’t know if they used your media key, etc… or if they had ways of freeing the music. (For all I know, they had a massive catalog of un-DRM’ed music & just copied whatever you had from their unprotected collection.)

I think I had it bookmarked, I’ll look & post back if I find it. Actually, a simple google search would probably be faster. Aside from the copyright violations (if they really are just copying their own copy), it’s a brilliant idea for a business model.

No matter what, the music & movie companies are in for some seismic changes over the next 10 years. Many changes are coming much sooner than that. Sorry Tom Cruise, no more $50M paydays. How does $1.5M sound?

]]> By: Simon Slangen http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-free-your-music-from-the-drm-copy-protection/#comment-377505 Simon Slangen Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:39:39 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=13345#comment-377505 You could use a virtual cd burner like TuneClone (which is even specifically designed for this DRM removing technique), but none are free, all hovering around 30 or so bucks.

If you need to free an especially large batch of songs, you might want to spend it at that, but at the current day prices, a spindle of CDRs will most probably be cheaper.

]]> By: Jack http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-free-your-music-from-the-drm-copy-protection/#comment-377504 Jack Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:32:19 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=13345#comment-377504 Is there some way to burn whatever drm-restricted files you have to an ISO instead of an actual CD and then rip back to mp3? That would be an ideal solution for me, using some artificial drive by PowerISO or Daemon Tools to burn a fake cd to later rip.

]]> By: Me http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-free-your-music-from-the-drm-copy-protection/#comment-377539 Me Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:45:48 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=13345#comment-377539 dvdnextcopyiturns.com/

You can use it to easily strip the drm from itunes tracks.

]]> By: Sotiris Z http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-free-your-music-from-the-drm-copy-protection/#comment-377523 Sotiris Z Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:28:30 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=13345#comment-377523 I’ve heard of a couple of programs called FairUse4WM and FreeMe2 (but i haven’t used any of them yet).They are absolutely free and you can download both of them here:

undrm.info/remove-DRM-protection/

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