Itunes copy protection

[TMAN10112]

Recently I ran into bit of a problem, you see I finaly got tierd of my old phone and got the voyager, which so far has been great so I would like to put my music on it. So I have something to lisen to if I forget my ipod somewhere. however the vast magority of music I have, I bought off of Itunes. So as most of you already know, music downloaded off of itunes has a form of copyright protection on it so that you can't use the music with other programs.
So what do you think of this, copyright protection in general, and is there a way that I could remove the protection so that I could us my music with rapsody or audiosurf.

 

[sirdanrhodes]

Sadly, it is illegal to remove protection.

 

[crimsondynamics]

Don't iPods use AACS or some proprietary format? That's the number one reason I hate proprietary anything: you're forever locked into that company's software, pricing structure and hardware.

Copy protection is the lesser evil in your case. To my knowledge, iTunes is a closed system. You must use iTunes software to transfer songs to your iPod. You can't use other software to transfer the songs to other hardware.

 

[MecaEcco]

DRM is the devil

 

[scarbunny]

Don't iPods use AACS or some proprietary format? That's the number one reason I hate proprietary anything: you're forever locked into that company's software, pricing structure and hardware.

Copy protection is the lesser evil in your case. To my knowledge, iTunes is a closed system. You must use iTunes software to transfer songs to your iPod. You can't use other software to transfer the songs to other hardware.

Unless you google something like "itunes DRM removal" you might find something that will strip DRM and allow you to convert.

However as sirdanrhodes says this is illegal and not something you should ever do!

 

[TMAN10112]

Sadly, it is illegal to remove protection.

To be honest, I really don't care. I just don't want to spend another $150-$170 to buy the same music in a different format.

 

[MecaEcco]

Sadly, it is illegal to remove protection.

But not impossible. Burn your iTunes music to a CD then rip it back using another program into an MP3 format. That should get you around your headache.

 

[TMAN10112]

I tried doing that but it wouldn't give me the option to rip it. I think it was because I used a data disk or dvd or something.

 

[FrankDux]

You should be able to burn them to a CD right from itunes if you put the songs in a playlist.

 

[Break]

I tried doing that but it wouldn't give me the option to rip it. I think it was because I used a data disk or dvd or something.

So go buy some blank CDs? It really is that easy.

 

[SenseOfTumour]

Hell, it annoys me when I buy something and it has a weird power connector even, because I know the only reason it's not a standard power lead, is that when it breaks, I'll have to buy a whole new unit.

Same goes for anything proprietary, they need a good slap.

A tale of good news about Vista for a change, plugged my old Creative Zen in after not being able to find the software, as it flat won't run as a simple 'drag n drop' flash drive MP3 player.

Vista buggers about for a bit, then recognises it as a zen and starts allowing me to drag n drop!

Thanks for getting something right MS!

 

[Anarchemitis]

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