A programmatic hack like this is the worst case scenario for any copy protection mechanism This could have disastrous consequences on Napster and Yahoo subscription music services and it casts doubt on Microsoft's ability to provide DRM to the music companies.
It's never been a secret that DRM can always be removed through various means. At worst, you could use the analog approach and capture the audio at the sound driver level and still get a perfect WAV file. This method is time consuming because minutes of music would take minutes to rip. Furthermore, you would still need to re-encode the music to some kind of compressed format like MP3 or back to a more modern WMA codec without the DRM and both compression schemes would cause some loss in quality.
But this new FairUse4WM hack has neither drawback because it is lossless in quality and operates almost instantaneously. A programmatic hack like this is the worst case scenario for any copy protection mechanism because it's almost as if the DRM didn't exist in the first place.
There are probably many people out there that feel that they have legitimate uses for this technology. FairUse4WM will permit them to play the music which they purchased legally on their non-DRM compliant WMA players, but this also means "rented" music can be played too.
For example as much as Apple would cringe at this , many consumers even refer to a WMA player as an iPod since iPod has almost become a generic term. At this point, none of this matters because the DRM is broken and Microsoft will have to make adjustments to the DRM scheme to break FairUse4WM though I doubt Microsoft will be able to retroactively modify the files people have already downloaded.
When a fix is released from Microsoft, FairUse4WM will simply have to figure out how to break the new scheme and the cat and mouse game will continue. Thanks to global chip shortages , Canon Germany is now offering guidance on how to break its own DRM system. A statement on its German website , and emailed to some customers, outlines the issue and then goes into a how-to for bypassing the DRM.
Yes, Canon is advising its own customers to break its DRM, so their printers will accept the toner cartridges. Canon says that this should still only be done with official, Canon-branded toner cartridges. Canon has just invalidated its own argument for why you should be using first-party toner. Have any thoughts on this? Let us know down below in the comments or carry the discussion over to our Twitter or Facebook. Just a heads up, if you buy something through our links, we may get a small share of the sale.
Click here for more. The basic software helps you remove DRM from video and music using a Windows-based machine, thus allowing you to access your content on a variety of devices.
Moreover, the application allows for batch conversions and adjustments to parameters such as resolution and frame rate, make the program suitable for more than just stripping DRM restrictions.
Afterward, follow the on-screen installation wizard and launch the software as you would normally. Step 2: Once open, click the green Add icon in the top-left corner, select the DRM-laced file s from its respective save location, and click the Open button in bottom-right corner of the window. Alternatively, simply drag-and-drop the file s into the main application window. Step 3: Next, select your desired output format for the resulting media files using the drop-down menus located beneath the file list.
For most users, we recommend choosing an output format from the list of Common options. You can also change a slew of different aspects, such as the bit rate and resolution, by clicking the Settings button beside the drop-down menus and setting the parameters in the resulting pop-up window.
Not every application is compatible with every system, but thankfully, there are always alternatives. It even offers multi-language subtitles and audio tracks, if desired. Then, follow the on-screen installation instructions and launch the program as you would normally. Step 2: Once open, click the blue Add Movies button in the middle of the application window and choose the DRM-lined file s you wish to convert before clicking the Add button in the bottom-right corner.
Step 3: After importing the files, adjust the video duration and select the audio track using the options housed beneath the file.
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