In this article, I will discuss softwares that can remove DRM and convert DRM. DRM stands for digital rights management. It claims to protect digital media from piracy. However, DRM does nothing to stop copyright pirates. The main purpose of DRM is financial. It prevents lawful user from making back up of purchased music and enjoying music on third-party players. It may also cause some security issues, because DRM controls your computer, automatically connects to Internet.
I prefer to remove DRM from my purchased music so I can enjoy my music without estrictions. Here are some softwares that can help you remove DRM and convert DRM.

Digital Media Converter
Daniusoft Digital Media Converter - DRM media converter, convert DRM media


This is my favorite DRM removal software. In fact, I only use this application to convert DRM files now. It can perform all types of conversion including video to video, video to audio, and audio to audio. It is the only software that can remove DRM without recording and the conversion speed is very fast. Highly recommend.

Tunebite
TUNEBITE converts protected WMA, M4A, M4B, M4P, WMV, M4V. Converter MP3, WMA, OGG, WAV, FLAC, AIFF, AC3, AU, MPEG4, MP4, AVI, 3GP, MOV, FLV ASF, DV, H.264, XVID, DIVX, 3IVX.


I used to use Tunebite before I found Digital Media Converter. Supporting many formats is its advantage. Its disadvantage is it can only remove DRM by recording, so the conversion speed is slow and I can’t do anything else on my computer during the conversion process.

SoundTaxi
Convert DRM Music: Copy protected WMA music to MP3, iPod and other MP3 players


Another software that uses the recording method. I think there is a bug in SoundTaxi. It starts converting even though the convert button is not clicked.

NoteBurner
Virtual CD-RW burner converts DRM protected iTunes M4P to MP3, M4B to MP3, iTunes to WAV, M4A to WMA


NoteBurner acts as a virtual CD burner. It adds an icon to the system tray and can only be used within a player.

In summary, SoundTaxi and Tunebite work by recording while Digital Music Converter directly converts. The results of this difference are Digital Music Converter needs less time to finish converting and you can perform other tasks when using it. Tunebite and Digital Music Converter both support many formats, however, Tunebite needs lame_enc.dll to support mp3 or it can't work with mp3. In my opinion, Digital Music Converter is the best choice to remove DRM and convert DRM.

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I'm a newbie too.

Thanks for share this info.

Nice to meet you, guys,
I use the latest version of Tunebite, for converting both audio and video files and I'm pretty much excited about it cause those guys made some improvements in this tool, the quality after conversion is good, it has high speed (up to 27x speed) and it supports over 60 formats, protected and unprotected.

Thanks for sharing, it is really useful, but I wonder what it has to do with Making Money?

WoW, I finally got the upgrade of the Daniusoft Media Converter Pro, it's a integrated version of DRM remover and Media Conversion, I can use it convert any DRM files and standard media files now and the new version is also usable for Windows Vista OS. What a super media converter!

Sounds great . I personally use TuneClone converter to cope with the DRM-protected music purchased from iTunes.Smart,easy & fast.
It worked perfectly on my computer. TuneClone burns music onto a virtual CD-RW. I can’t tell the difference between the original and converted music in terms of the music quality. And I would agree that TuneClone is super fast & reliable.

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clones detected... How to convert DRM protected itunes music wma m4p to mp3 wav with TuneClone

I also know Melodycan converter. Like to use it to convert protected audio and video