james holden

Here’s the zipfile you’ve been looking for.

Updated! Now version 1.3!

fu4wmver13.zip
MD5: 12815576c78a799114025b3b266dd156 (matches the MD5 given by the author here

Here’s a screenshot (running under Wine, of course :-):

I don’t support copyright infringement in any way whatsoever, but I’m aware that it’s not copyright infringement just to make a copy for your own personal use, so that’s what this program lets you do. Maybe it would be a better idea to just not acquire your music in a format that will only play on a system that removes your rights from you… :-)

Buying DRM’ed music from online services means that it’s only on loan to you, on their terms, and that they can revoke your right to play it at any time. The DRM measures are there to prevent you from taking your music from one computer to another, but if your computer breaks, you may be out of luck – in essence, your music collection dies with your old motherboard. FairUse4WM provides a kind of insurance policy to you if you’ve walked into this trap on auto pilot.

Here’s an interesting quote I found online that sums the industry’s attitude up (by a Disney executive):

If consumers even know there’s a DRM, what it is, and how it works, we’ve already failed.

For bit more reading on the subject, take a look at Cory Doctorow’s argument against DRM.

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