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) ¡ª also known as "copy protection" ¡ª 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.
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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.
