Dump Apple DRM
p2pnet.net news:- Strange to say, there are people in the world willing to pay Apple a dollar a go for music downloads shackled by DRM (Digital Restrictions Management) consumer control.
“FairPlay is a digital rights management (DRM) technology created by Apple Inc., built in to the QuickTime multimedia technology and used by the iPod, iTunes, and the iTunes Store,” says the Wikipedia. “Every file bought from the iTunes Store with iTunes is encoded with FairPlay. It digitally encrypts AAC audio files and prevents users from playing these files on unauthorized computers.”
However, BurningThumb says its DRM Dumpster is, “the legal way to convert DRM tracks from iTunes to standard files.”
It, “uses a CD-RW and iTunes itself to convert all of the DRM music files in your library or in a play list of your choice to files that you can use with any music player,” says the download site, promising, “With DRM Dumpster you can create MP3, AAC, Apple Lossles, AIFF, or WAV files from your DRM files.”
The application is free as-is, but if you can also pay $30, including S&H, on High Speed CD-RW and have, “DRM Dumpster delivered to your door, super fast conversion performance” at the same time supporting DRM Dumpster’s development.
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Tired of being treated like a criminal? They depend on you, not the other way around. Don’t buy their ‘product’. Do bug your local politicians. Use emails, snail-mail, phone calls, faxes, IM, stop them in the street, blog. And if you’re into organizing, organize petitions, organize demonstrations and then turn up on your local political rep’s doorstep, making sure you’ve contacted your local tv/radio station/newspaper in advance. Don’t just complain. Do something!
March 30th, 2007 at 3:57 pm
why bother just burn tracks you want to convert to CD using itunes, delete original(backup would be better) and import unprotected track.
March 30th, 2007 at 4:07 pm
…..It’s Mac OSX only. Fuck that shit.
March 31st, 2007 at 3:20 pm
would it not just be easier to use a virtual cd drive? i use deamon tools to mount cds for games, this is mostly a conveniance thing as i dont want to have to carry 10-15 game cds to lan parties with me… someone could make use of that or a similar prog to burn +rip virtual cds…
March 31st, 2007 at 4:05 pm
This appears to be nothing more than a script to burn tracks to a CD and then rip them again. This ultimately results in reduced sound quality due to transcoding, and the DMCA is vague enough to consider even this as illegal circumvention, even if it doesn’t involve unauthorized decoding.