Nokia "Comes with Music" DRM cracked

£18 software strips songs of protection

Nokia "Comes with Music" DRM cracked
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10 December 2008 11:35 GMT / By Amy-Mae Elliott

It seems Nokia's "Comes with Music" unlimited download service may be more popular this Christmas than had been previously thought.

Software has been released that is able to strip downloaded songs of their DRM protection, leaving the service very vulnerable to piracy.

The Microsoft-powered Digital Rights Management coding can be stripped away by Tunebite, available now for just 20 euros, or £17.50.

The software works by playing and re-dubbing the tracks into a non-encrypted file and apparently works in a matter of seconds per song.

Subscribers to the service can download unlimited amounts of music within a year period that should only be playable on the user's PC or selected Nokia device, but this would mean hackers can free the songs of the built-in protection for playing - and sharing - anywhere.

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  • I suppose it was only a matter of time Posted by bob, UK
  • can't nok stop the software been sold? it can't be legal Posted by fred_funk, GB
  • C'mon what's the big deal with this?This Tunebite software is on the market since a long time ago; this might come as a shock to you but, yeah, people have been using apps to get rid of that drm.As far as I know it doesn't really do anything illegal cause it doesn't touch or crack the drm from the files, it just re records the files, that u already legally purchased by the way,at high speed the result being some clean files that u could use on whatever device u want.I for one enjoyed using it every time. Posted by henry, US

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