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DRM is still a major problem in the online music and video industry. I hate DRM, and I’m sure 99% of the people reading this agree with me - DRM sucks. The only benefit is for the record companies, so that their music cannot be shared on file sharing/BitTorrent websites. It brings the user absolutely no benefits, and many drawbacks - including limiting what you can do with your music/video in almost every way possible. Whether it’s putting the file on your mobile phone, or wanting to use it on more than five computers. Well, it looks like 5thirtyone has a stunningly simple solution to your DRM problems.

The method of removing DRM involves importing the DRM-protected song into iMovie, (so that iMovie thinks it is a soundtrack to it), then exporting it into iTunes and converting it to AAC. It is a simple process that does work - but I can see one major drawback: Sound quality. As you are re-compressing the song several times, the quality does decrease, even if the bit rate claims to be the same. So don’t expect it to sound quite as good as the original. A good tip, nonetheless.

Read [5ThirtyOne]