Strip the DRM, add your ID
Posted by admin | Filed under Apps
[Follow-up to iTunes 7.2 brings DRM-free music]
With the release of “DRM-free” music on iTunes, people might feel compelled to share said music using torrents or other services. Before you do, you might like to know that your account information is embedded in every “DRM-free” file you download. This is obviously an anti-piracy move, with the goal of identifying and stopping the free music providers.
The idea behind DRM-free music was to allow you to take those files out of the Apple world and onto other devices you own (although they have to support AAC). The improved quality is said to be unnoticeable to the untrained ear.
As I live in a mac world right now, and I can’t discern much difference between 256 and 128-bit compression, I’ll continue to buy the $0.99 tracks. This move was also influenced by all the problems users are having trying to download these “plus” tracks – I couldn’t even preview one, whereas the DRM version played instantly.
Update: Check out JHymn to remove the personal information from iTunes plus music
Tags: Apple, Apps, drm, itunes, mac, mp3, OS X, privacy, Windows
