Friday, September 01, 2006

FairUse4WM removes Windows Media Player & Napster DRM

Another Engadget report on removing DRM:

OK, so it's not about removing DRM from iTunes, but it may be useful....

A program called FairUse4WM can be used to strip Windows Media DRM 10 and 11 (i.e. PlaysForSure, but not WM DRM 9). It removes the DRM from Napster and Yahoo Music Unlimited subscription files, too. Engadget says it worked on their Napster To Go tracks, and made them available to play on their Mac. It removed Windows Media DRM from PlaysForSure media services.

I'm pretty sure this is really illegal.

myTunes Removes DRM from iTunes

Engadget reports on myTunes

myTunes is a Windows application that strips the DRM off your iTunes tracks. But it strips the DRM in real time, so it requires you to play through your library song by song. Then you need another tool to reconstruct your track from your raw AAC file (which also means you have no metadata).

Engadget says it's a huge pain....

and I agree.....

PASS