Unlock iTunes files without burning a CD
One thing I’ve always hated about iTunes is the DRM. If I want to use Windows Media Player or WinAmp to listen to my iTunes downloads, the only thing I could do was burn a CD in iTunes, then copy that music back to my computer (or just play the CD on the computer). It’s an annoyance to say the least. My thinking is that, if I bought the music, I should be able to play it using any media player I want. So imagine how ecstatic I was when I found the Hymn Project website. Their thinking is the same as mine: DRM overrides your “fair use” rights to your purchased music. Hence, they’ve provided a DRM-removal program called JHymn. The software removes the DRM from your iTunes files and converts them to mp3s…with no loss of sound quality (not to mention not having wasted a CD-R)! However, this isn’t exactly legal…yet. According to their FAQ question regarding legality: “Using JHymn certainly runs afoul of your End User License Agreement with Apple — the license where you have to click on the “Agree” button before you can use the iTunes Music Store. The legitimacy of such non-negotiable “click-through” licenses is questionable, however, in many countries and local jurisdictions…Even in the US, there’s reason for hope that using JHymn, or any other DRM-breaking tool for
reasons of traditional “fair use”, will, when the dust settles, be proven to be perfectly legal.”
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I agree with you totally about jHymn and DRM. (While understanding that DRM is what makes iTunes Music Store possible . . .)
But you are way off about the transcoding. Stripping the DRM does nothing to the file but changing ACC to MP3 will certainly affect the sound of your music.
128 kb m4a’s sound barely acceptable. jHymn converts them to wave and then uses the less than splendid Frehaufer codec supplied by windows to transcode the wave to a far less than stellar mp3.
I hope you are keeping the m4a’s (stripped of DRM) on your HD.
okay well i am new to the ipod thing and well i went to update it and it says i cant because my playlist that is on my ipod is lock and cant be removed so if any onw canhelp me plaese emailme at quading_queen01@hotmail.com thanx
Instead of giving you a hard time for trying to put out helpful information I want to thank you for doing so. I am desperately trying to bypass the ridiculous DRM so I can send a song to a friend and your comments helped, so thank you. I can worry about optimum sound another time, right now I just want to send a song!
ive downloaded drm but then wat do u do my says i carnt open it becoz there isnt a program to run wit it plz help me
I downloaded them and put my ipod in my pants.
what bout macintosh is it friendly for macs