iTunes DRM (Music & Movies) Removal Tool

#1

Personally, I’d never buy any music from iTunes - but I found that the movie/TV catalog to be quite nice. Recently, I wanted to download the Metal Evolution documentary series, but not many torrent/linking sites had it as it was a newer series. I also didn’t want crap quality of a TV rip - so I caved and bought the episodes I wanted on iTunes for $2.99 each - they came in 720p so it was even more an incentive. Long story short, iTunes DRMs their video content and currently there’s no public/available utilities to counteract this measure and after some long searching I came across the utility I’ve attached. It’s apparently written in Java & C.

I’ve just finished stripping 4 movies of DRM and I can verify it works.

Link (windows executable & source): http://www.mediafire.com/?3a8t2ct22srj91l

Archive password: moparisthebest_

[quote=“t4”]Be warned: this tool does not remove the proprietary tagging that iTunes stores in your files (which is personally identifiable information).

To remove this, I recommend: http://sourceforge.net/projects/atomicparsley/

The project also documents their format - a nice read.[/quote]

#2

I thought iTunes quit using DRM a few years ago? What happened to that?

#3

That could have been limited to music.

#4

In May 2007, EMI tracks became available in iTunes Plus format at a higher price point. These tracks were higher quality (256 kbps) and DRM free. In October 2007, the cost of iTunes Plus tracks was lowered to US$0.99.[21] In April 2009, all iTunes music became available completely DRM free. (Videos sold and rented through iTunes, as well as iOS Apps, however, were to continue using Apple’s FairPlay DRM.)

#5

Be warned: this tool does not remove the proprietary tagging that iTunes stores in your files (which is personally identifiable information).

To remove this, I recommend: http://sourceforge.net/projects/atomicparsley/

The project also documents their format - a nice read.

#6

Yeah, they managed to convince the the music studios to get rid of the DRM. The movie & TV show producers weren’t as desperate at the time.

#7

Well that’s alright, because it looks like someone has made their choice for them. :smiley:

#8

[quote=“Lothy, post:7, topic:431949”]Well that’s alright, because it looks like someone has made their choice for them. :D[/quote]Yeah, fuck the man! Who needs to gain partnerships to make money from their systems anyway?

#9

You know, I don’t care if you post stuff like this in the public either, I did:

The whole DRM system is just awful and useless.

#10

[quote=“Speljohan, post:8, topic:431949”][quote author=Lothy link=topic=534656.msg3909470#msg3909470 date=1328566662]
Well that’s alright, because it looks like someone has made their choice for them. :smiley:
[/quote]Yeah, fuck the man! Who needs to gain partnerships to make money from their systems anyway?[/quote]
They are most welcome to use their systems to sell untainted files.

#11

[quote=“Lothy, post:10, topic:431949”][quote author=Speljohan link=topic=534656.msg3909472#msg3909472 date=1328566800]

They are most welcome to use their systems to sell untainted files.[/quote]They are most welcome to whatever they well damn please. If you disagree, don’t use the service (which i’m sure you aren’t anyway).

#12

[quote=“Moparisthebest, post:9, topic:431949”]You know, I don’t care if you post stuff like this in the public either, I did:

The whole DRM system is just awful and useless.[/quote]
The original site of this utility was issued a forced take down, I figured you wouldn’t want to go through that.

#13

[quote=“t4, post:12, topic:431949”][quote author=Moparisthebest link=topic=534656.msg3910566#msg3910566 date=1328677097]
You know, I don’t care if you post stuff like this in the public either, I did:

The whole DRM system is just awful and useless.
[/quote]
The original site of this utility was issued a forced take down, I figured you wouldn’t want to go through that.[/quote]
Is it open source code and such? If so, I couldn’t care less, let them send me a takedown and I can decide what I want to do at that point.

#14

[quote=“Moparisthebest, post:13, topic:431949”][quote author=t4 link=topic=534656.msg3910751#msg3910751 date=1328712402]

The original site of this utility was issued a forced take down, I figured you wouldn’t want to go through that.
[/quote]
Is it open source code and such? If so, I couldn’t care less, let them send me a takedown and I can decide what I want to do at that point.[/quote]
I don’t think it’s GPL’d, etc - I think the creator just put it out there so people could continue the project.

#15

[quote=“Speljohan, post:11, topic:431949”][quote author=Lothy link=topic=534656.msg3910663#msg3910663 date=1328692181]

[quote author=Speljohan link=topic=534656.msg3909472#msg3909472 date=1328566800]

They are most welcome to use their systems to sell untainted files.
[/quote]They are most welcome to whatever they well damn please. If you disagree, don’t use the service (which i’m sure you aren’t anyway).[/quote]
You’re right, I don’t. I’m linux.

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