DRM is Depressing

DRM makes people sad, depressed, confused…

Hey chris, my name is Lucas Oliveiro, I am from Malaysia. First I’d like to say what a big fan I am of your work and what you do, I always wanted to ask questions but didn’t know how to go about it till I saw one of your videos asking the user’s to directly email you.

So now, first what is DRM? What is the purpose of DRM protected files? If while ripping a CD using Windows Media Player do I have the option to not protect the file with DRM? If the answer is no, is there any separate software which could do that.

I want to convert a WMA file to MP3, but I wasn’t finding any software that would be able to do this. The only solution I had was to record the WMA file in real-time with Media Blaze Pro, and the sound quality was really bad. Please let me know is there any converter software and not real-time recording software.

I don’t see the point of this protection; the CD which I rip was an original disc, and I need to convert the file so that I can save it to my mp3 player. Are all WMA files DRM copy protected? Or is there other types of copy protection? How do I remove this DRM protection if it’s already there?

Chris please help me out, Whoever who created this DRM thingy must be really smart… duhh…. he expects us to carry around our desktops and laptops listening to our tunes on Windows Media Player… and I thought gone were the days where the people would carry around their stereo… HELP ME!!!!! Cheers, mate!

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