I just stole music from myself

Posted by Steve Safran on October 10, 2006

My MacBook Pro crashed this week in the Great Irony Bug of 2006, so I’ve been reinstalling the software. No problem there. And with my music and videos safely backed up on my iPod, it should have been an easy restore process. But of course, thanks to DRM, that’s not so. Apple makes restoring music easy – if you bought it from iTunes Music Store. If it’s your own stuff – there’s no way to re-import it back to your computer. So I searched “iPod rip” and sure enough, there was a nifty little program called “iPodRip.” (A lesson there in Google keywords, my friends.) It easily opened the “hidden” folders on my iPod, transferred my songs and videos back onto the computer, and synched up everything nicely. Alert the RIAA and MPAA: I have just stolen 1,844 songs and videos from myself. For every software barrier there is a software tank.

http://www.insignificantthoughts.com Vinny

1 word.

Senuti.
http://www.myblackmac.com Jay

LOL @ stealing music from yourself.

I’m not sure if you know already, but if you burn the DRM encrypted files to an audio CD and rip them back into iTunes, the protection is gone.

Then, you can back up the original purchased (encrypted) files separately if you want to (Make sure you don’t replace them before you back them up though).

It’s a bit of a hassle, but that’s what I do.
Matt

Music Services should offer a digital locker serivice .
http://involuntaryslacker.blogspot.com Alyssa

I feel your pain. I had that problem when I got a new computer last spring. Found the same solution to my DRM woes.
Yen

According to those who put the DRM on the songs, you can’t actually ‘steal’ music from yourself. what you are doing is ‘stealing’ the music from the artists (even though you already paid for it once).

a minor point, but worth noting
Safran

Worth noting, yes. But harder to fit in a headline…
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