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How to remove DRM from WMA
If you're worried about doing something illegal, or are unsure of viruses from free programs, Soundtaxi is a good choice.
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Nowadays, most of the tunes you downloaded from iTunes, Rhapsody, Napster, Yahoo Music , MSNMusic were protected by DRM. When you want to play these files on a non-iPod music player or make copy of them. DRM protection becomes a big problem. What is DRM? DRM (Digital Rights Management) - The copy protection that prevents you from sharing and copying the music or movies.
You can only play a DRM WMA you downloaded back on a compatible device. Want to play it on other device? You should be forced to pay for it again and again and again. It seems like one of the most popular question “How to remove DRM from wma?”
Let's say you've already downloaded music and need to convert to another audio codec. The common conversion method is to burn the tracks on a CD, then rip them in the desired codec's format. Even this requires special ripping software and numerous steps because the DRM is still embedded in the tracks. And because codecs like WMA, mp3, OGG, AAC, etc. are lossy formats, the sound quality will be degraded.
Program like Soundtaxi could free DRM protection from iTunes and other popular music services. Sound Taxi is a program that is specifically designed for converting DRM files like WMA, AAC and M4P to MP3 files. Download it Now. It works with Windows XP, Windows 2003 and Windows Vista.
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Things You Need to Know:
DRM
Digital Rights Management (DRM), is the most usually found in music files and movies, is not meant for the just basic sole purpose of copy-protection of audio, video, and e-books, but it is meant for the full digital content protection, engulfing a comprehensive wider aspects from release to end user's ways to use the content.
WMA
Windows Media Audio (WMA) is an audio data compression technology developed by Microsoft. It is a proprietary technology which forms part of the Windows Media framework.
Things You’ll Need:
- Computer running Windows XP or Vista
- Soundtaxi.
The trial (unregistered) version of SoundTaxi has a 30 seconds limitation. It means that without SoundTaxi activation your output audio files will be limited to 30 seconds duration.
Buy the full version now
- Windows Media Player 9 or higher
- iTunes (latest version)
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| REMOVE DRM OFF YOUR MUSIC FILES |
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SELECT DRM protected music files |
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CONVERT Automaticly. Just wait for a moment |
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PLAY the converted music file on any audio player |
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Remove DRM from WMA file:
Select files
Launch SoundTaxi. Open up the folder where the copy-protected songs or audiobooks are stored on your hard drive. Drag and drop these files into the file section of Soundtaxi.
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Wait for a moment
SoundTaxi Supports converting protected WMA file to MP3, WMA and OGG music files. We recommended you use the default settings. The default setting will lead you automatic convert the music file.
The SoundTaxi can do batch files conversion for you.
Depending on the speed of your PC the drm removal tool can convert from 2 to 6 tracks at the same time and with up to 50x faster than playback speed.

Done. Play it now
While SoundTaxi finished converting each song and saving it in the folder you specified, you can "Play converted" file directly or "Copy to iPod".

If the converting is stopped by a sudden, you can restart it by clicking the "Convert" button.
Technically, it's illegal to remove DRM from WMA protected music. Digital Rights Management (DRM) is part of the music industry's effort to curb piracy. There are legitimate reasons for removing it, but first understand DRM can not be removed from file sharing network downloads.
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| Soundtaxi also can remove drm from: |
| iTunes
Zune
Yahoo Music
MusicMatch
MSNMusic
MusicNow
BuyMusic |
AOL Music
Virgin Digital
Sony Connect
Beon Music
Rhapsody
iMusica
MusicLoad
MTV / urge
Peer Impact |
Wal-Mart
AOL MusicNow
Audible
connect-europe
akuma
Listen JP
hmv
Bigpond Music
Soundbuzz |
digirama
cdigix
ongen
imusica
cingular mMode
puretracks
metro tunes
fnac |
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