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Buying DRM-Free Songs From the ITMS

Posted by Zonk on from the enjoy-it-while-it-lasts dept.

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."

2 of 894 comments (clear)

  1. DRM broken anyway by EkkiEkkiShiwaddle · · Score: 1, Redundant
    If you download songs from the ITMS, burn them on a CD and rip them back to MP3, they are no longer DRM'd - so what's the problem?

    I can see that the software solution is a lot simpler, but this was possible a long time ago...

  2. It's proobably illegal, but Apple's nuts... by argent · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I haven't used the program, because using other software to access iTunes is against Apple's EULA. Same reason I don't use JHymn, and put up with the slight loss in quality from following the Apple-approved (or at least winked at) "mix, burn, rip" method of removing the DRM.

    But...

    Having iTunes encrypt the song after downloading is crazy. If that's what Apple's doing, that's like a bank teller handing you the cash drawer, asking you to remove the money you withdrew, and never counting the bills after you hand it back. I'm not inclined to "rip off the bank", so as to speak, but Apple really needs to do the encoding on the server instead of in the client.

    Of course client-side security is the Achilles Heel of DRM anyway, but still...