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Buying DRM-Free Songs From the ITMS
mirko writes "Jon Johansen ("DVD Jon") has published a small program which allows the acquisition of DRM-free file from Apple's iTunes Music Store. He explains that his program works by bypassing iTunes which adds the DRM itself at the end of the transfer. His program, pymusique, is Windows-only compliant but it'd be easy to port it to other platforms."
This guy never stops, does he? Long may you run, DVDjon. I salute you.
You see? You see? Your stupid minds! Stupid! Stupid!
Enough with the iTunes... can't this guy hack Napster or Windows Media encryption?
'Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?'
Now I can use my Backsteet Boys and Hanson tracks as I please!
http://www.sandstorming.com
Bwaling's Law: Any time there is an article about DRM or downloading music, as soon as someone mentions the word "free", someone will whine about everyone stealing music for free. Even if the word "free" is in an unrelated context (as in: "The songs are free from DRM restrictions" or "I downloaded the Free Willy soundtrack".
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
Did you read the "Asterix in Civil Court" graphic novel? It's the one where the bard Cacaphonix is replaced with a guy named "DRMfix" who carries around a boombox playing "stolen" Kazaa and iTMS music files.
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
We *were* members of the free napster trial. It ended a couple of years ago when they got they shiiiiiiiiiit sued out of them.
Stemmo
Does this guy have a "Your 10th lawsuit defense is free" coupon book with his lawyer or something?
... this is why we need closed-source, encrypted, tamper-proof, proprietary protocols. If any yahoo can look it up or just sniff the network, this is what we get: upset applecarts. Onward DRM! Onward TCPA! Onward Microsoft!
/this patriotic stuff always chokes me up.
(this message brought to you by the masochistic consumers association of America, aka "tie me down, beat me hard, and steal my wallet")
yes, we have no bananas
Are you implying that slashdot users are somewhat inconsistent in ther opinions and attitudes?
*faints*
I've always got crunk to his albu--what? That's Lil Jon? Nevermind...
You can hold down the "B" button for continuous firing.
Moby material after 1997 is crippled with or without DRM. Yuck.
-mkb
youre still breaking the law doing that...
in a handful of states (or more?) it's illegal to have anything hanging from the rearview mirror (or at least anything sizeable enough to distract the driver or block vision).
just can't win eh?
Cool! You mean that I just have to enter my iTunes username and password on my Sony Clie (runing Palm OS), my iRiver MP3 player, my Linux box, and the computer I'm going to own in 20 years' time running an OS that hasn't even been conceived yet, and it will play my DRMed iTunes music? Why did no one tell me this before?
Clerk: iTMS allows obtaining music legally, at an almost reasonable price. ...That's good!
...That's bad!
...That's good!
...That's bad!
...That's good!
...wha?
Homer:
Clerk: The music comes with DRM.
Homer:
Clerk: You can still listen to it on five computers and burn CDs.
Homer:
Clerk: The DRM enforces software lock-in to iTunes.
Homer:
Clerk: There is software that can remove the DRM.
Homer:
Clerk: The software provokes the RIAA and undermines authority.
Homer:
Clerk: That's bad!
"There are hundreds of game theorists at the gates, sir, and they want to hold an election!"
I cant give away my music to my friends.
I can give away or sell my used CD's
I cant lend DRM'd music to someone.
I can lend a CD.
If the future of music is DRM, then these
activities will no longer be legal.
Step 1: Burn the songs from iTMS to a CD.
Step 2: Lend and/or give that CD to your friend.
Step 3: There's no step 3.
In other words, nothing you just said about DRM'd songs from iTMS is true, and you are full of shit. Everybody who moderated you up is doing so in ignorance.
Information wants to be anthropomorphized.