Like pretty much everyone else on the internet, I’m not a fan of DRM. What always irked me about the iTunes store was the possibility that, in some far-off unforeseen way, their DRM was going to interfere with my ability to play the media I bought.
Then about two weeks ago, I learned of a little app called EasyTunes which would happily strip away any iTunes DRM. (And an app called 0xED that strips out your user information.)
Naturally, my response was “sweet, I’m going to buy SO MUCH crap with iTunes now!” Then iTunes 8 broke it. Should have known better.
I was so gung-ho to buy things off iTunes when I knew I could de-DRM it, but now I’m going to have to hold off on all their spiffy new content until the next version of EasyTunes.
You know, you can just burn your purchases to a CD in audio format, then rip them back to MP3, and ta-da no DRM.
However, it’s a big pain, so just buy from Amazon and don’t suffer from DRM issues!
Thanks for the info Brie!
That is a good solution for music, unfortunately I’d like to rip DRM out of video. When I was looking for downloads of I Hate My 30s, I checked out both iTunes and Amazon, and despite their DRM-free MP3 tracks, Amazon’s video is crippled with Windows Media 9 DRM. Yuck. And the Unbox is only for PC.
Talk about being between a rock and cyberspace.