Convert DRM music and audio to WAV, MP3

Guide on DRM music files purchased from itunes or other music store

There is an increasing variety of options for purchasing music online, but also a growing thicket of confusing usage restrictions. Many digital music services employ digital rights management (DRM) also known as "copy protection" that prevents you from doing things like using the portable player of your choice or creating remixes.

Before buying DRM-crippled music from any service, you should consider the following examples and be sure to understand how the service might limit your ability to make lawful use of the music you purchase.

 

NoteBurner Audio Converter converts any DRM protected music files (such as M4P, M4A, WMA, M4B) and unprotected music (WMA, MP3, RAX, MP4, WAV, RA, SND, OGG, AIF) to plain MP3, WAV, and WMA formats

Apple iTunes: You Bought It, But They Still Own It

Apple reserves the right to change at any time what you can do with the music you purchase at the iTunes Music Store. As the table below shows, there are many other ways that Apple's DRM limits what you can do with a song you "own".

iTunes Music Store Restrictions

  • Restricts back-up copies: Song can only be copied to 5 computers
  • Allowed only 7 times to burn the same playlist
  • Limits portable player compatibility: iPod and other Apple devices only
  • No remixing: Cannot edit, excerpt, or otherwise sample songs

Create unprotected copies of copy-protected audio files

Tired of DRM-protected file formats like WMA, M4P, AA, M4B, MP4 getting in your way?

NoteBurner comes to the rescue! Just import protected WMA, M4P or any protected music files or protected AA and M4B audio book files into NoteBurner. NoteBurner automatically converts the music you have purchased online as you are burning it to a virtual CD-RW drive as unprotected audio (MP3, OGG and WMA) you can use anywhere. You can easily get unprotected MP3, WMA or WAV files ready for use on the virtual CD.

  • Converting iTunes DRM Protected AAC music to MP3
  • Converting iTunes M4P music for playback on Zune
  • Playing iTunes M4P music on BlackBerry Pearl
  • Playing iTunes M4P music on Creative Zen
  • Playing iTunes M4P music on MP3/MP4 music player
  • Playing iTunes M4P music on Nokia N95
  • Playing iTunes M4P music on SanDisk Sansa MP3 Player

Both Windows version and Mac version of NoteBurner Audio Converter converts DRM protected and DRM free audio files to MP3, M4A and Wave, and NoteBurner Audiobook Converter for Mac converts any audiobooks to MP3 and M4A on Mac. With NoteBurner programs, you can enjoy any purchased songs and audiobooks on iPod, Zune, PSP, Archos, Creative Zen, San Disk sansa, Sony Walkman and any other MP3/MP4 music players, as well as for mobile phones such as Sony Erricssion, Nokia Nseries, BlackBerry, Samsung, LG, Motorola, and many more.   More Guides...

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