Wondershare Media Converter - How to remove DRM protection?

When you download music and media files from iTunes, Windows Media Player, Zune, Rhapsody, bearshare, Napster and so on, you may always come across an annoying thing- 'DRM' protection.

What is DRM?

Digital rights management (DRM) refers to a range of access control technologies that limit usage of digital media or devices. It has been used by some big companies to protect their intellectual property rights, such asSony, Apple Inc., Microsoft and so on. Songs bought from different companies will have different DRM protection that can restrict you from playing songs on incompatible players. For example, if you downloaded a protected music from Microsoft Zune that has windows DRM, you can only play the music on Zune player. If you accidently bought a PSP, you just can't play the music on your new player. Also, DRM restrict the usage of computers, so you just can't share you DRM-laden music with your friends. There comes the headache!

How to remove DRM?

To remove DRM, there are many methods, such as CD burning and ripping. Here presents you a easy way: using software, such as Wondershare Media Converter to convert your protected files to DRM-free ones. It plays protected AAC or WMA files and records it in a new format.

Here is the step by step tutorial for the program:

1.Download Wondershare Media Converter, and install it. Then, add WMV files to it. You can either click 'ADD' button to insert the music you want to convert，or easily drag & drop the files into 'Getting started' table. This software supports batch conversion, so you can add several files at a time.



Now you should be able to see a list that you'd like to convert. The first one is a music file, and the following one is a video file.



2.Choose the format you'd like to get. Click the setting button, There are a list of output formats ready for your choose. And if you don't know the formats, there is also guide info to show you the match hardware with the formats.

You also can change the output file location, or the output files will be located as default.



3.Last thing, click the start button, and the converting process is beginning. After converting, the files are DRM-ripped. You can view your converted files by press the browse button, or you can choose to turn off computer after conversion.

And now, you can share the DRM-free music with all you friends. Let's listen to the clean music together and enjoy a wonderful life.

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