Tunebite lets you enjoy Nokia's Comes with Music service, DRM-free
By Joseph L. Flatley 
posted Dec 10th 2008 7:11PM
posted Dec 10th 2008 7:11PM
Not that you'd be interested, because DRM isn't a clumsy or expensive solution to a problem that exists largely (or even solely) in the heads of the film and music industries, but a new version of Tunebite is out, and among its many features is the ability to make unprotected dupes of tracks downloaded from Nokia's Comes With Music service. This isn't the "crack" everyone's talking about -- there's nothing new about software that records protected audio off the sound card -- but this package does so at speeds of up to 54x. Not bad, eh? But please, don't use it. Kanye needs our money if he's going to keep scarfing up all those awesome gadgets.
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Okay, I won't use it. Really. Promise *fingers crossed*
By the way where do I download it so I don't use it? xD
wow - that screenshot should be nominated for "Interface of the Week" next to this one: http://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk/Screenshots.php
You should get your eyes checked, because the TuneBite interface is nothing like that interface Gruber linked to.
I've been using this for months to remove DRM from my school's music download service, and it works great. 30 bucks will get you basically unlimited music!
Yep, it's the analog loophole. Created so VCRs would be legal.
With ya there buddy, now if only Ruckus had a better selection
So this is legal because of the way it records the sound off the card? That makes no sense!
Probably because you have to be able to play the song on your computer to convert it.
It's like there has been a breakout of mass sarcasm in the 'gadget editorial staff today.
Me likey!
ahhh u said kanye.... makes me cringe to hear or see that name/face
I would suspect that this could void the warranty on my Zune? Correct me if I'm wrong. I'm just wondering.
No.
Tunebite also works nice for legally removing drm from iTunes on my computer. This is the tutorial http://www.topvideopro.com/guide/how_to_convert_protected_m4v_m4p_aa_m4b.htm
i liked tunebite back in my naive youth. o those were the days. then i found out that tunebite was technically lossy, and my hopes and dreams were crushed.
not to mention this release kinda reminds me of traditional winamp skins from the late 90's. that scares me.
So how does this work? I assume they aren't using the same methods as software like Requiem, since this works with all different types of DRM. Someone explain, please?? (A cursory glance at their website isn't helping)
it plays the music using itunes/wmp/zune or whatever, records the output and then saves the resulting music files as gloriously drm free ones! It's like holding a microphone up to your speakers and saving the recording as a brand new DRM free music file. It does this at high speed (54x) so you don't hav to wait around for all your files to play through in realtime to save them.
That's what I figured, but they say on their website that its not lossy. Their pretty much lying, aren't they? Nice.
I user Daniusoft's Digital Media Converter as well to get some of my school's music to my iPod since their software doesn't support iPods.... yup.... tried Tunebite, didn't like it that much since you can't do anything that creates sound on your computer... Got mine from Giveawayoftheday, looks like they just gave it away again a couple weeks ago.
Tunebite has been working for years. This doesn't actually remove DRM it only re-encodes the music—much like burning your DRM music to a CD and ripping the burnt CD.
And it's purpose is for your own music, not subscription music (AKA Comes With Music, Rhapsody, etc.); of course there is really no way they can stop you from doing this. Then again why would you pay for subscriptions in the first place if you plan on removing the DRM anyways? Why not just steal them in the first place?
With Tunebite, one needs to watch out and make sure they computer doesn't produce warning and error sounds or it would be in your recorded music as well.
dudes
please stop ripping off music
bit torrenting it
whatever
i'm ex. prod. of a huge dyi album
I hired an a-list producer myself
discovered the artist
the last thing I want people doing is stealing the files
it costs real people real money to get on the map in that game
to compete with the majors as I have
It's really reassuring to know it's legal; the idea of essentially re-recording something is brilliant.
I've been using this stuff to get Napster songs onto iTunes and wow, it works like a charm...Well worth the little bit of cash it cost
I just like to use Daniusoft Media Converter pro, works easy and great:
http://www.wmatomp3-converter.com/digital-media-converter-pro.html#123
How does it take the DRM off videos? Is it the same idea? (ie play the video at its native resolution and record whatcomes out of the video card? cause thats sounds ... poor
Only for Windows? Guess I'm sticking with Audio Hijack Pro...still great for converting a DRMed song here and there or grabbing a few songs off of Rhapsody.