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Any way to convert itunes protected files?

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j2048b

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Feb 18, 2009
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I recently purchased a few items from ituens, movies and they say they are protected,

is there any program out there that will reove the protection so i can move the movies onto a different video player?

Thanks

(examples of the programs: soundtaxi for windows)
 
jmann said:
That is technically illegal, so you won't get any help for that here. :)
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WOW really? Ok then, please delete this posting if possible.


sorry i was not aware that it was illegal to convert my purchased items?

WOW thats crazzzzyyy!
 
j2048b said:
WOW really? Ok then, please delete this posting if possible.


sorry i was not aware that it was illegal to convert my purchased items?

WOW thats crazzzzyyy!
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Where do you live in CA?
How many times have you done this in the past?
What is your real name?
Is there a good time that we can meet to discuss this...uh...situation?

I am just playing!! :D

Believe it or not it is illegal. You don't actually own the movie. You own the rights to have and view the movie. It is the same as ripping DVD's and CD's. It really doesn't sound right but that is how it works anyway. And nearly everyone does it. There are ways to do it. Just google it and you should come up with something.
 
I thought under fair use or whatever it is, you could convert content to another format like iTunes with DRM to Mp3 so you could play it on any device. Maybe this only applies to music?:confused:

I know there is a product called Tunebite that can convert any protected file to non-protected file. It only works on Windows and it's like $40.
 
JCastro said:
Where do you live in CA?
How many times have you done this in the past?
What is your real name?
Is there a good time that we can meet to discuss this...uh...situation?

I am just playing!! :D

Believe it or not it is illegal. You don't actually own the movie. You own the rights to have and view the movie. It is the same as ripping DVD's and CD's. It really doesn't sound right but that is how it works anyway. And nearly everyone does it. There are ways to do it. Just google it and you should come up with something.
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HA, HA that was a good one, yeah i have tried to google it, but it returns a bunch of windows programs, not mac related.

Thanks!!
 
designgeek said:
I thought under fair use or whatever it is, you could convert content to another format like iTunes with DRM to Mp3 so you could play it on any device. Maybe this only applies to music?:confused:

I know there is a product called Tunebite that can convert any protected file to non-protected file. It only works on Windows and it's like $40.
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I thought the same thing about everything being under the fair use act or something, as well?



I thought tunebite looked ok, but not too sure,


hey another question:

If i purchase an itunes on a mac, all i have to do to watch it on a windows itunes is to play it and log in correct?

Thanks
 
j2048b said:
I thought the same thing about everything being under the fair use act or something, as well?



I thought tunebite looked ok, but not too sure,


hey another question:

If i purchase an itunes on a mac, all i have to do to watch it on a windows itunes is to play it and log in correct?

Thanks
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When you purchase things from the iTunes store, you can authorize up to 5 different computers to play the content you bought. Also, you can deauthorize all the computers, to authorize others, one per year. So choose wisely. :)
 
jmann said:
When you purchase things from the iTunes store, you can authorize up to 5 different computers to play the content you bought. Also, you can deauthorize all the computers, to authorize others, one per year. So choose wisely. :)
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I have 5 computers authorized right now. I only have three of them operating right now though. In my iTunes account page I have the option of de-authorizing all of them. Then I would just have to authorize the ones I actually still have. As soon as you hit the limit of 5 you have that option. So it really is not that big a deal.
 
ok then here is another question then:

i authorized my mac pro and my dell inspiron 900 desktop,

how do i watch the movies i have bought while using my mac on the windows computer through itunes?

the movies i have purchased do not show up on my windows itunes program, are they supposed to?

and if so then how do i get them to show up?

or do i have to move them to my windows machine?

thanks
 
Just share your Mac's iTunes library. Youw Windows machine should be able to connect to it and play the files then.
  1. Mac must be running
  2. iTunes must be running on the Mac
 
Darth.Titan said:
Just share your Mac's iTunes library. Youw Windows machine should be able to connect to it and play the files then.
  1. Mac must be running
  2. iTunes must be running on the Mac
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AWESOME!!

thank you!

for some reason windows is not letting me onto my mac?

i have file sharing enabled, but it is not working?
 
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