Get rid of that stinking DRM on your music

Have you ever purchased music online and been frustrated because your MP3 player wouldn't play their protected music format? Are you upset that all that expensive itunes music you bought only works on ipods? Unfortunately, many people have large collections of music that they barely listen to because music download companies are encoding songs with special software, rendering it barely usable. DRM software imposes limits that only let you play music on 1 or 2 computers and most of it won't work on mp3 players at all.

Normally, when you buy a product from a store you can use it however you want. When you purchase an mp3 player, the store doesn't tell which rooms in your house you are allowed to use it in. That would be ridiculous. Why should digital music be any different?

This is a big problem, particularly with services like iTunes which utilize Fairplay software to protect their music. I paid for all that music and now they won't let me use it. What a rip-off!
This article will teach you how use your DRM protected music how YOU want and do it legally.

Here are three methods for removing DRM:


Solution 1: Burn to a CD

You can burn your music files to an audio CD and then rip them back onto your computer to remove DRM protection. This can be done using software like Nero, windows mediaplayer or any other CD burning software. The important part is ripping the songs back onto your computer. When you do this, your music will be in unprotected mp3 format.

This method works great for just a few songs, but it can be time consuming and use up tons of CDs if you have a large music collection because you can only burn about 15 songs per CD. Most of us own more drm music than that, especially if we use itunes.


Solution 2: DRM Removal by re-recording your music

There is software that will remove DRM for you if you have a large music collection. You can import protected WMA and M4P music files or protected AA and M4B audio book files into Tunebite.

Tunebite plays your files in the background using High-Speed Digital Dubbing, automatically records them while they are playing, and saves the recordings as Unprotected MP3 or WMA files that can be played on almost any device.

Tunebite does drm removal for iTunes and most other protected music downloads and puts songs into mp3 or wmv format. It also allows you to choose the bit-rate at which to record your music.

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Solution 3: Recording Streaming Audio to remove DRM

Another way to unprotect protected music is to re-record it. Replay Music is software that can record music as it's playing directly from the audio card on your computer.

It works for any kind of streaming audio including internet radio stations, myspace, and any other streaming audio. It also gets the name of the songs and labels them for you. Just install the software and hit record while music is playing on your computer. It takes a bit longer than Tunebite to get the job done but it has no restrictions for the type of audio.

Set up a playlist, turn the sound off and it will record all of your music into DRM-free mp3 format as it plays.

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It's Your music after all

You paid for all that music, you should be able to actually use it. DRM restricts the types and number devices that you can use your music on. The intention of course, is to prevent the music fans from distributing songs to their friends who haven't paid for it. But what it actually does is keep you from using your property the way you want. DRM works for computer software but not for music downloads.

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