FairUse4WM - a WM/DRM removal program

[viodentia]

FairUse4WM is a GUI version of drmdbg that supports individualization version .3930 and some WM11 versions.

Basic requirements
1. Does not work with Win98 or similar.
2. Works with both individualized content and some DRMv1 files
3. Supports WM9, WM10 and WM11beta1 and 2

The program's functioning can be verified with "Demo" DRM files from fairuse4wm.com and ezdrm.com, as well as those from other Microsoft Solution partners.

This program is ONLY designed and intended to enable fair-use rights to PURCHASED media.
- While I haven't been able to support license expiration/rental detection, please don't use this to abuse rental license
- This code does NOT allow import of KID/SID pairs to preclude its use for piracy

Note that some WM installations will have multiple ECC key-pairs, so you will likely have to "Extract Keys" using multiple licensed files. If you find a file that doesn't convert, try extracting keys wth it. Once your whole set of keys is extracted, you will no longer need to run WM per file.

Finally, I'd like to thank the people who helped me test this program. Thanks for the suggestions, and yes, even the problems. With your help, I hope I am able to release a stable tool for Wm conversion.

[viodentia]

Latest version is 1.3.
This provides interoperability with Microsoft's IBX release of 9-23-2006
Thanks to c0redump for the static extraction technique.
Thanks to Rjamorim for hosting outside the reach of Microsoft's C&D orders

USE THIS ONLY ON FILES THAT YOU *OWN* - either through purchase or that you have ripped yourself.

FairUse4WM.EXE: 12815576c78a799114025b3b266dd156

http://pessoal.onda.com.br/rjamorim/FU4WMver13.zip

[mayang]

New FairUse4WM v1.3
HERE (http://s9.quicksharing.com/v/9438118/FU4WMver13.zip.html)

[johner23]

Thanks, guys !! ;)

Just like happen with some other great decrypting tools, I hope that the developer always keep FairUse4WM updated.

@mayang: do you know if drmdbg is frequently updated, according any important WM10 or WM11 patching updates too? If so, please, let us know, to get the most current version to use with these nice GUI.

With your help, I hope I am able to release a stable tool for Wm conversion.

If many people from community test and report any problem/bugs, soon we can have such a "stable" and maybe "generic" program to help us to UnDRMed our private ( and legal obtained ) files.

Thanks again for your work and efforts, guys! ;)

devil (johner)

[viodentia]

I'll do my best to keep this updated, and if anyone with a decent WTL and C/C++ wants to take this over when I get bored with it, please let me know.
I'm already exploring a second version, but it doesn't work with WM11 yet. If anyone is up for a challenge, and understands http://www.cs.arizona.edu/solar/papers/CCS2003.pdf (to start with), let me know either by PM or email to my nick at yahoo.co.uk.

[Digga]

another mirror:
MU (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Z9PZ0OMO)

[JiJi]

Congradumilations on the release. :)

Plenty thanks for all the work you put into this.

[drummer7]

Yes. Very nice! :thanks:

[unknownsoldierX]

This is just like drmdbg, in that you can not have WMP updates installed? I do have 3646 installed, so I'm just curious.

[WalterK]

Yes this is a great tool thank you viodentia and mayang if you had anything to do with helping in the development.
Better get it and go wild folks, no telling how long before MS releases a "patch" to fix WMP 10/11

[gabuchi]

Thanks. Many thanks.
Enjoy!

[toon12]

This is just like drmdbg, in that you can not have WMP updates installed? I do have 3646 installed, so I'm just curious.

works with updates, at least for me.

[ron spencer]

How does this work....I get error:

Widows Error ffff while getting path for Blackbox DLL

[somnus]

Man I cant believe it!! Finally something that works for me. I have all updates and this thng UnDRMed my files flawlessly. Thanks!!!

[ron spencer]

I still get the error I posted 2 above after I point it to my valid DRM audio files....any ideas?

[Pasqui]

How does this work....I get error:

Widows Error ffff while getting path for Blackbox DLL
I have the same issue with WMP 10.00.00.4036 (WinXP SP2 French).

[mayang]

I still get the error I posted 2 above after I point it to my valid DRM audio files....any ideas?

Make sure you have individualization your system.
I think your audio file is drm1 and the licenses information is not store in IndivBox.key. Download any demo drm video from ezdrm.com to individualize your system first.

Or you can go here to automatically individualization your system. http://services.wmdrm.windowsmedia.com/indivSite/en/indivit.asp

[ron spencer]

that is it mayang...works!!!!

[WalterK]

Doing my part to keep access up here are a few mirrors

http://www.filefactory.com/file/f75e74/
http://www.badongo.com/file/1270460
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=B5M9PXUM

[johner23]

Nice to see that many people are getting successfully drm'ed with their files. ;)

If anybody see any update about drmdbg and their components, please, let us know and their alternative links, ok?

Thanks for all, folks.

devil (johner)

[johner23]

I had one doubt about my files after drm'ing: when I free all of them, I will get generally WMA and WMV files as result.

Well, but if I wanna convert those files in other formats, just like MP3 or AVI (xvid, divx, etc) which programs do you suggest, to have the best quality possible during these convestion between formats?

Thanks.

[dager]

I'm having trouble - it will unDRM, but then it can't be used in any editing programs to change it to MP4 format.

[WalterK]

see the guides on the forums or doom9 site or www.videohelp.com for converting.

[GoodOmens]

Might as well get it to as many sites as possible before microsoft attacks :-p

http://www.filefactory.com/file/c18e1d/
http://d.turboupload.com/d/917535/FairUse4WM.zip.html
http://www.uploading.com/?get=CQLBKEA6
http://www.sendmefile.com/00457915

[johner23]

These tool are a great piece of proggy and many people are using it around the world.

That's nice... but... Micro$oft and maybe other companies soon will notice / realize the program fame and will do some patching engine security to break the FairUse4WM success.

---> http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/25/fairuse4wm-strips-windows-media-drm/

---> http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/7875.cfm

---> http://www.all-streaming-media.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=25

---> http://forum.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=78454&page=81#post1527541

---> http://forum.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=78454&page=1&pp=25

Please, developers: always be updated ( if it's possible ) against newer DRM craps, ok?

Very, very nice tool.

If any people who know programming and how to deal with such DRM protection files wanna help, it'll be very nice for the whole community. :D

Good job, guys!! ;)

devil (johner)

[Panda]

Ok, I am new to DRM (but I am smart enough to know it sux...)
but does FairUse4WM work on audio files?

[unskinnyboy]

Ok, I am new to DRM (but I am smart enough to know it sux...)
but does FairUse4WM work on audio files?
If you had taken the time to read the whole thread, you would have seen that most people *are* using FairUse4WM on their DRM'd audio files.

Most importantly, the golden rule: Thou shalt try before thou asks.

[Xenomorph]

while this has worked on most of my DRM'd WMA files, there are some that the program doesnt seem to notice the Key. it opens WMP, plays the file, but never closes.

when i manually close WMP, the program gives me this error:

Unhandled situation -9000 while Creating Windows Media instance.

any ideas? i have the license for the file, and WMP can play it just fine. because of issues i've had to deal with after doing a clean install of Windows, i dont want to mess with its DRM any more.

[gtanning]

Thank you so much for this program. It has worked flawlessly for me so far.

I do appreciate FairUse4WM very much.

G. T.

[Panda]

If you had taken the time to read the whole thread, you would have seen that most people *are* using FairUse4WM on their DRM'd audio files.

Most importantly, the golden rule: Thou shalt try before thou asks.

I did try. ;)
At first I had the Blackbox.DLL error. So I went to the posted URL, and it did not give me the button to upgrade. So I tried one of the Demo files from EZDRM.com - They would not download. Then I realised I was using Firefox ( I knew I was using it, I just forgot that MS does not like it...) So I went back to the URL with Innernet Exploiter and did the update. Then I got an Error:

Panic! At The Disco - I Write Sins Not Tragedies.WMA UNABLE TO DECRYPT: Size Error: 5217873102 cannot be truncated to 922905806.

So then I went to EZDRM and downloaded one of the "Free DRM" vidoes - FairUse worked very well at that.

I tried the test audio file again and got the same error again.

Before posting all that, I wanted to make sure I was not trying a video only proggie for audio DRM...

I did say I was new to DRM ;)

[mayang]

More active discussion can be found below:

Link 1 (http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/25/fairuse4wm-strips-windows-media-drm)

Link 2 (http://www.digg.com/music/FairUse4WM_strips_Windows_Media_DRM)

Link 3 (http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/7875.cfm)

[helloz]

I have the version: 10.00.00.4036 SP2 Spanish and found correctly ;)

Thx all! (coders, developers...)

[viodentia]

Just to drop in to say that I am aware of the following issues

1. DRMv1 support is more common than I believed. This is being addressed. I believe this to be at the root of some "odd" behavior

2. Panda's problem involves extra data appended at the end of some WMA files. Truncating these files to the length in the File Properties Object should fix the problem. If anyone can find what this data is used for, if anything, it'd help. Thanks for the find, Panda.

Thank you all for your feedback.

[johner23]

Once FairUse4WM have work so many times, it's easier for people to relate bugs and help for later program's improvement.

More than that: once people could have solve that DRM restrictive environment, other programers can study and create similar engines that are able to deal with such "protections".

Just like happen with dvd's in the past: once Macrovision/CSS were removed by DVD-Jon and other people, these make possible some other programers be able do the same and many softwares were created after that. :p

I just wish many other people have time and talent/knowledge to improve more and more FairUse4WM and /or create similar tools that can do the same: un-drming skills.

PS: any FairUse4WM update or improvement, let us know. ;)

Thanks, folks.

[Web Junkie]

It's suddenly stopped working for me?

All my licenses are working as I can play my protected DRM video files, individulized my player and all I get is:

Windows Error 80030002 while DRM_HDS_OpenStore

This is on every file that I now try, but before it worked? What is the problem here, anyone know?

*UPDATE*

Solved the problem! Installed WMP10 and it still complained with same message as above, but after deleting the DRMSTORE.HDS file and re-acquiring my licenses again everything went like clockwork :)

[viodentia]

It's suddenly stopped working for me?

All my licenses are working as I can play my protected DRM video files, individulized my player and all I get is:

Windows Error 80030002 while DRM_HDS_OpenStore

This is on every file that I now try, but before it worked? What is the problem here, anyone know?

DRM_HDS_OpenStore is part of the DRM License library that FairUse4WM uses to pull licenses from drmstore.hds
The error 80030002 means that it can't be opened, either because another program has it exclusively locked, or that it doesn't exist.
Please send me a directory listing of your "All Users"\"DRM" directory (use "dir /a" since the files are usually hidden)

[johner23]

Some other places to discuss about DRM and similar things.

---> http://www.wmptalk.com/index.php

---> http://all-streaming-media.com/forum/showthread.php?t=211

---> http://hymn-project.org/forums/index.php?sid=500812637e994521965f0b0a27d3619f

Thanks

[Web Junkie]

I fixed the problem, see the update in post #35!

The file was already present and not locked. Used a tool called Unlocker 1.8.4 to see if the file was locked and it wasn't, so no reason for Fairuse to not read it, unless of course it was corrupt somehow?

[polychrome]

When I use the tool I get a messagebox with the title "Unable to recover private key" and message text "Unhandled situation -9000 while Creating Windows Media instance."

The tool starts, I select a demo file downloaded from ezdrm.com, WMP starts, the video plays, the video ends, I close WMP and the messagebox appears. repeated trials show that the messagebox doesn't appear until WMP is closed.

WMP version 10.00.00.4306
Windows XP Pro SP2

[viodentia]

The error -9000 is a generic catch-all that just means that Wmplayer exitted before the program could find the keys in memory.
Verify that your system is individualized, and please post the version information (right-click) from "indivbox.key" in "All Users"\DRM directory.

[spike2000]

viodentia, awsome job apreciate the tool so much :D

[Thracks]

Hi, how are you? :) A fantastic little tool you've got here, but I seem to have the same -9000 error. I've individualized my PC, and I can't even load a key from the EZDRM site you linked to as a proof-of-concept test.

Here's my .key version: 11.0.5497.6285

Help?

[polychrome]

to follow up on the 9000 error...

the system is individualized as far as I can tell by having used the MS link and sucessfully using the various demos on ezdrm.com.

The \Documents and Settings\All Users\DRM\IndivBox.key version is 11.0.5497.6285

[Airlik]

I've been burning to virtual CDs and ripping to be able to play my Napster purchases on my H140 - thanks much for this faster and lossless tool!

[CruNcher]

Microsoft reacted fast, patch for the IBX is out, if they only would be fast like this for other stuff too hehe :P

[ciaran77]

The BBC news site have just run the story, and referenced Doom9.org.......good news travels fast!

[dirtminer]

(link)
http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/28/microsoft-already-on-their-way-to-patching-fairuse4wm/

5. If the IBX file version is 11.0.5497.6285 or greater, then the updated IBX is installed


Possible Workaround from Engadget
I opened my "IndivBox.key" file (for me, it was located in Docs & Settings / All Users / DRM) in ResHacker. Sure enough, there is an entry:
VALUE "FileVersion", "10.00.00.3930"
Which I changed to:
VALUE "FileVersion", "11.0.5497.6285"


So it seems that you might be able to continue using this tool, but only if you took advance steps

[anybody]

I also get the -9000 error.

My IndivBox.key Version is 11.0.5497.6285 and i'm using Windows Media Player 10 Build 3802.

The 'industrial.wmv' does play fine in Windows Media Player, as well as my Coral Reed Adventure DVD. So the keys should be there...

Any clues what i can do to get this work?

[anybody]

(link)
5. If the IBX file version is 11.0.5497.6285 or greater, then the updated IBX is installed


:scared:

Is there any way to get the older one?

[johner23]

See that above:

---> http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2009666,00.asp

Yes, the Windows Media Licensing Department and Microsoft Windows Digital Media Division are patching quicky. LOL.


PS: I hope many other programers ( not just only Viodentia and others ) do the job again and help the community in many other times. And I trust it doesn't wait too long for that happens. ;)

Good luck, guys !!! Keep going nice !!

Thanks.

devil (johner)

[mayang]

FairUse4WM v1.2 on the way.
will work on systems that are NOT individualized?
Just wait...hahaha

[aslat]

But what sites offer full downloads (with protection) and not the 30 second free trial thingy like Napster ?

[ron spencer]

does this mean that the link to individualize your system will not work as before? Can you copy that Indiv files from one computer to another?

[johner23]

See that, people:

http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/27/an-open-letter-to-microsoft-why-you-shouldnt-kill-fairuse4wm/

Thanks ang good job, guys !! :D :thanks:

Best regards

devil (johner)

[mayang]

does this mean that the link to individualize your system will not work as before? Can you copy that Indiv files from one computer to another?

You can't copy IndivBox.key from another computer.
that it word individual. If you can copy IndivBox.key from another computer that have licenses for some media, DRM will no longer a 'protection sheme'. :)

[affter333]

Cat and mouse continues
The real take home message from this remains that DRM only stops the people who are bothering to obey the rules.

[kumi]

This blog in japanese seems to be pretty up to date about DRM matters (I can't read kanji, I'm just guessing here.) Might be a good site to watch for future entries:

http://xxxleastxxx.blog28.fc2.com/index.php?q=drm

Direct downloads on there are
FairUse4WM (archive password L33VaNcL33F)
Automate unDRM
Drmdbg
Undrm

[mayang]

For people who got IndivBox.key v11.0.5497.6285, there are a way to prevent it. Seem to talk once again about WMP v10.0.0.3646

If you have WMP10 v3802 you will get indivbox.key above, but if you still have WMP10 v3646 and never install hotfix KB891122, you are lucky.

check drmclien.dll in your system, if you have v10.0.0.3646 that's allright but if you have v10.0.0.3802, when individualization you will get the patched version of Indivbox.key as above.

Best of luck. :)

[heat84]

When I try to use this it says: Unhandled situation -9000 while Creating Windows Media instance.

When I use good old decryptit it worked though. So how is this different than that and the 2 programs it combines (DrmDbg and drm2wmv)?
And how com Microsoft reacted to this program so quickly and ignored those programs that have been out for over a year (well 6 months for decryptit)? If I made those programs, I'd be pretty insulted at being ignored by Microsoft.

[brumfondl]

When I try to convert any of my files I get variations of the following:
UNABLE TO DECRYPT: Error reading 5976 bytes (5884) at offset 2559477 in file

I am using WMP11 version 11.0.5358.4826 and the version of IndivBox.key is 11.0.5352.6163. I have successfully tried a demo file and made sure that my system is individualized and that the files play ok in WMP. Any ideas?

Brumfondl

[ron spencer]

On a new laptop I installed:

WMP v10.0.0.3646

went to the idiv. site @ m*soft to individualize my system.

No problems with UnDRMing....but since I am only interested in music this is fine for me!!! perfect.

[JarrettH]

You're creating quite the news buzz :P

Microsoft is apparently patching it now

[ron spencer]

how can they patch it....what will they do exactly...anyone know?

[Panda]

When I try to convert any of my files I get variations of the following:
UNABLE TO DECRYPT: Error reading 5976 bytes (5884) at offset 2559477 in file

I am using WMP11 version 11.0.5358.4826 and the version of IndivBox.key is 11.0.5352.6163. I have successfully tried a demo file and made sure that my system is individualized and that the files play ok in WMP. Any ideas?

Brumfondl
that is the same type of error I was getting and it is being worked on.

Cheers

[doggersen]

I thought I read somewhere that it was also possible to unDRM media-player-9 protected files.

But that is in fact impossible or what?

[viodentia]

DRMv9 - Should be supported in next release. If you want to test on Wm9, please send a PM.

Garbage at the end of a file - this seems to be WMA files from a buggy generator. The file length in the header doesn't match the actual file size. Fix will definitely be in the next release.

I should have time to address the new IBX this weekend. Information on just what varies between multiple copies of the same version will be appreciated. Expected result: recognizable code will be at the same position, have same value. Encrypted code will be different bytes, same lengths.

[brumfondl]

thanks, Panda. I eagerly await the next version :)

Brumfondl

[DepecheNYC]

I'm getting below error. Solution?

Unhandled situation -9000 while Creating Windows Media instance.

[echooff]

Thank You

[arisjo]

I have just downloaded and installed WMP11, and acquired the licenses for some wmv files legally. But FairUse4WM 1.1 gives the following message when I try to unDRM some files: "xxxxxxx.wmv requires a different private key"

Does it mean my system has been patched? Any way to work around?

Thanks a lot!

[viodentia]

This is expected behavior. A single IBX can have multiple embedded keys.
Go back to the first page, and Extract Keys using the newly downloaded file.
IF you get the -9000 error, wait for the next release, which should be sometime this weekend.

[eirikso]

"wait for the next release, which should be sometime this weekend"

Keep your door locked. After the recent poblicity I guess it's just a question of time before someone send James Bond or Agent Bauer in your direction...

[viodentia]

Keep your door locked. After the recent poblicity I guess it's just a question of time before someone send James Bond or Agent Bauer in your direction...

If they're taking requests, maybe Sydney Bristow?

However, given that I haven't gotten a single nastygram yet, I think I'm "OK" for now.

[johner23]

Look, take care !! ;) :eek:

Do not let them catch you just like they did before as it happened with LUKE (DVD Decrypter's author).

I guess these thread can be use to discuss the bugs, some suggestions, development ideas, changelogs and similar ones.

But for releasing other things... No.... No more... At least, wait for a moment... See what happens in a few weeks...

You people must to think how to find a way to release the program without any link.

I guess we can discuss openly about DRM, but as your program become very famous in a great short time, its wise just to study the schemes and not release it here.

Collecting bugs reports, suggestions, logs, patching issues, experiences, etc. But, wait for releasing...

Your program is very nice and deserve to stay alive and effective for long time!! ;)

So, we must think, all of us, the community, to find a way to deal with that DRM laws and possible Microsoft strikes and "protect"/"help" the developers just like you.

Take care and be prudent !! :p

Nice job for all of you, people !!

devil (johner)

[AmishPornStar]

Just another thank you.I would've never tried Urge.com if it
wasn't for this.I actually purchased a Metallica (i still have a Lars grudge for the the napster killing) song (One) from msn music just to un-drm it.Thank you for your efforts.

[Web Junkie]

Troubleshooting tip:

Had a problem with a WMV file:

UNABLE TO DECRYPT: Unsupported Error correction (d6) at packet offset 0.

Wasn't sure what the problem was as the License acquired OK and the file played fine in WMP 10! So I tried downloading the file again with Flashget this time as I downloaded it using 'Save Target as' originally, and now the file is processed with no error.

Obviously the file got corrupted while downloading, so if you get the error above it may be due to a corrupt file, download again via a download manager and see if it helps!

[arisjo]

This is expected behavior. A single IBX can have multiple embedded keys.
Go back to the first page, and Extract Keys using the newly downloaded file.
IF you get the -9000 error, wait for the next release, which should be sometime this weekend.

Thank you! Ver1.2 is now working perfectly well with the newly downloaded WMP11.

[mayang]

Refer to page 1 of this thread to download v1.2
:) :) :)
Happy UnDRMing !!!

[BadServo]

Just wanted to say that this is a very imporessive program and I greatly appreciate teh work on it.

However, I've currently moved to Vista as the sole OS on my machine and I receive the following error after choosing a file for key recovery:

"Unhandled Situation -1 while creating Windows Media instance."

I can only assume is a Vista-specific bug, but any advice would be appreciated.

[MLS]

I get PATH/Michael Nyman - String Quartet No. 4 - Why.wma has an unexpected content key value.

When trying to decrypt. Key (supposedly) recovers properly. Tried multiple files, all give the exact same message.

DrmClien.dll v10.0.0.3802
Indiv002.key v11.0.5497.6285
FairUse4WM 1.2

/MLS

[Panda]

Just another thank you.I would've never tried Urge.com if it
wasn't for this.I actually purchased a Metallica (i still have a Lars grudge for the the napster killing) song (One) from msn music just to un-drm it.Thank you for your efforts.

#----off topic------
Hahahaha! I am still boycotting $metalica$ - If I understand correctly, they started out small and got greedy.
#---back to topic----

Linkless distribution? I was always a big fan of BitTorrent...

[viodentia]

I get PATH/Michael Nyman - String Quartet No. 4 - Why.wma has an unexpected content key value.

When trying to decrypt. Key (supposedly) recovers properly. Tried multiple files, all give the exact same message.

DrmClien.dll v10.0.0.3802
Indiv002.key v11.0.5497.6285
FairUse4WM 1.2


You'll need to elaborate further on this - are these files DRMv1 or are they individualized?

My guess is that these are individualized files, but you got them under a previous IBX prior to the upgrade.
Extraction of secondary keys could be problematic.
Easiest workaround is to reget the licenses (most drastic solution - rename drmstore.hds in your DRM directory).
Or, PM/Email me and you can help test support for secondary keys.


For the VISTA error - that probably means that wmplayer.exe isn't where the program expects it to be found. What directory is wmplayer.exe in on a Vista system? What registry keys point to it?

[BadServo]

Thanks for the prompt reply.

the path for WMP under Vista (5536) is as follows:

"C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe"

Wasn't sure exactly what you'd need in regaurds to the registry, so I'm including the following branch that makes references to the WMP defaults for Play and Open associations.

Reg file is here. (http://badservo.com/VistaWMPRef.reg)

[mcai8rw2]

Dear Team,

I recently reinstalled windowsxp on my machine to try out fairuse4wm.

My windows media player is 10.00.00.3802
I HAVE individualized my system [indivbox.key is version 11.0.5497.6285]

I have succesfully recovered three keys using the ezdrm.com sample files.

Fairuse4wm seems to be working fine, however, when i try to unDRM some video files downloaded from the net ;-p i get the response.

0 files converted
0 errors
X warnings [where x is the number of files]

and the warnings are:

"[Path of the video] does not appear to be licensed to you."

This error is correct. They aren;t licensed to me...but isn;t that the point or FairUse4WM? Isn't it supposed to rid me of the nessescity of lisencing these things?

[blutach]

@mcai8rw2

Your downloading of files and trying to unDRM them without them being licensed to you is a breach of rule 6.

Please read the announcement at the top of this forum and the rules again.

I do not expect your post will be replied to, given your circumstances.

Regards

[protectyoursources]

Dear Team,

I recently reinstalled windowsxp on my machine to try out fairuse4wm.

My windows media player is 10.00.00.3802
I HAVE individualized my system [indivbox.key is version 11.0.5497.6285]

I have succesfully recovered three keys using the ezdrm.com sample files.

Fairuse4wm seems to be working fine, however, when i try to unDRM some video files downloaded from the net ;-p i get the response.

0 files converted
0 errors
X warnings [where x is the number of files]

and the warnings are:

"[Path of the video] does not appear to be licensed to you."

This error is correct. They aren;t licensed to me...but isn;t that the point or FairUse4WM? Isn't it supposed to rid me of the nessescity of lisencing these things?

No the purpose of this software is to remove the DRM so that some of your Fair Use Rights are protected on media that you own before they where taken away by the DCMA .


This program is ONLY designed and intended to enable fair-use rights to PURCHASED media.
- While I haven't been able to support license expiration/rental detection, please don't use this to abuse rental license
- This code does NOT allow import of KID/SID pairs to preclude its use for piracy

[finalmillenium]

If you knew anything about fair use you would understand what the programmer is trying to do. He's not condoning piracy, he's giving us the tools that we need to take back our fair use rights.

[Insanenerd]

v1.2 is mirrored at www.BG4G.net (http://www.bg4g.net) in the downloads section.

[brumfondl]

Well I tried with the new version but I still get the same error as I mentioned earlier...

E:\Legit Music\Mike Oldfield\Discovery\01 To France.wma UNABLE TO DECRYPT: Error reading 5974 bytes (5882) at offset 4501181 in file "E:\Legit Music\Mike Oldfield\Discovery\01 To France.wma".

guess I will have to wait till 1.3 :(

Brumfondl

[viodentia]

Well I tried with the new version but I still get the same error as I mentioned earlier...

E:\Legit Music\Mike Oldfield\Discovery\01 To France.wma UNABLE TO DECRYPT: Error reading 5974 bytes (5882) at offset 4501181 in file "E:\Legit Music\Mike Oldfield\Discovery\01 To France.wma".

guess I will have to wait till 1.3 :(

Brumfondl

Does this happen with more than one file?
It *appears* that this file is truncated, given how much the code is trying to read, and how much it gets.
SInce the space at the end is typically indexing information, you can get by without having it. The parser tries to be cautious though.

I can just ignore the format and write out what I can for these portions? Should I risk writing out a corrupt file, or give errors so they can be corrected?

For a -fix version, I'll try a policy of " if I can't read a whole block, I'll just ignore the entire block". This should be the least likely to break something else. Comments? Should I just keep the failing behavior?

[brumfondl]

I just tried 4 different files from 4 different directories. Results were:
E:\Legit Music\Massive Attack\Collected\04 Teardrop.wma UNABLE TO DECRYPT: Error reading 5976 bytes (5884) at offset 5336363 in file "E:\Legit Music\Massive Attack\Collected\04 Teardrop.wma".
E:\Legit Music\Mike Oldfield\Discovery\01 To France.wma UNABLE TO DECRYPT: Error reading 5974 bytes (5882) at offset 4501181 in file "E:\Legit Music\Mike Oldfield\Discovery\01 To France.wma".
E:\Legit Music\Mike Oldfield\Earth Moving\01 Holy.wma UNABLE TO DECRYPT: Error reading 5974 bytes (5882) at offset 4484983 in file "E:\Legit Music\Mike Oldfield\Earth Moving\01 Holy.wma".
E:\Legit Music\Tall Dwarfs\Fifty Flavours Of Glue\01 Gluey_ Gluey.wma UNABLE TO DECRYPT: Error reading 5976 bytes (5884) at offset 2559477 in file "E:\Legit Music\Tall Dwarfs\Fifty Flavours Of Glue\01 Gluey_ Gluey.wma".

Seems like a pattern :)

Brumfondl

[josh2]

I just tried 4 different files from 4 different directories. Results were:
E:\Legit Music\Massive Attack\Collected\04 Teardrop.wma UNABLE TO DECRYPT: Error reading 5976 bytes (5884) at offset 5336363 in file "E:\Legit Music\Massive Attack\Collected\04 Teardrop.wma".
E:\Legit Music\Mike Oldfield\Discovery\01 To France.wma UNABLE TO DECRYPT: Error reading 5974 bytes (5882) at offset 4501181 in file "E:\Legit Music\Mike Oldfield\Discovery\01 To France.wma".
E:\Legit Music\Mike Oldfield\Earth Moving\01 Holy.wma UNABLE TO DECRYPT: Error reading 5974 bytes (5882) at offset 4484983 in file "E:\Legit Music\Mike Oldfield\Earth Moving\01 Holy.wma".
E:\Legit Music\Tall Dwarfs\Fifty Flavours Of Glue\01 Gluey_ Gluey.wma UNABLE TO DECRYPT: Error reading 5976 bytes (5884) at offset 2559477 in file "E:\Legit Music\Tall Dwarfs\Fifty Flavours Of Glue\01 Gluey_ Gluey.wma".

Seems like a pattern :)

Brumfondl

Is it possible that you have a service that gives you malformed WMA files? Have you tried some other protected files such as those from ezdrm?

I've only once had the problem and then it was when I accidentally tried to convert a file that was still downloading. (So like viodentia said, truncated file)

Anyhow, nice work viodentia! This program has been a lifesaver. And 1.2 is working great with WMP11 beta 2. (I've been trying to avoid getting the updated IBX just in case, so I can't say how it works with that.)

Josh

[blutach]

@josh2

You are new here, so I will direct you to the announcement at the top of this forum and rule 6.

@all - I do not want to see discussion about downloaded media files in this thread. This thread is about a technical product. Please confine your discussions to that subject.

Regards

[josh2]

Ooops.. sorry. I edited my post to remove the provider name or whatever. But rule 6 talks about illegally obtained content.. and the downloading service I'm using is a legal music download service?

Josh

[viodentia]

Brumfondi, it does seem like you have a fairly consistent problem. Please PM me.

You can also try this version (not really an officlal release, just ignores these read failures)
https://uploads.sgul.ac.uk/uploads/5134382/ver12fix.zip

This may cause the files to stop working in other ways though

[olyteddy]

My end-run for DRM'd audio is Total Recorder. So far it has worked with .WMA, iTunes and Audible, the only three formats I've been exposed to. It can convert at less than real time (8x on this laptop with Audible). I can also capture any audio stream with it, sometimes accelerated (WinAmp streams usually capture at twice normal speed). I set LAME to a VBR profile of 64-224 kbits and let it run. iTunes usually encode to about 160 kb, Audible to 80, internet streams up to 200, etc...Depends on the source.

[josh2]

Trouble is, it's a lossy conversion whenever you do anything like that. (Total Recorder, SoundTaxi, Tunebite, MuvAudio, etc) FairUse4WM is much faster than any of those (nearly instant.. mere seconds per album), and is completely lossless.

Yeah, they're decent programs but if you can get this to work (which for most situations is pretty painless) it's much better.

If only there was a tool like this for iTunes 6.. (QTFairUse is OK, but way way to slow.) ;)

[brumfondl]

@viodentia

i unfortunately have to go to work now but I will see what I can suss out when I get home :)

Brumfondl

[WildmanCAL]

The error messages I seem to get are:

C:\Documents and Settings\WildmanCAL\My Documents\My Music\WMA files\Savatage - Gutter Ballet.WMA UNABLE TO DECRYPT: Size Error: 11008306382 cannot be truncated to -1876595506.

C:\Documents and Settings\WildmanCAL\My Documents\My Music\WMA files\Musicmatch\a-ha - The Sun Always Shines On T.V..WMA UNABLE TO DECRYPT: Size Error: 1509990125154 cannot be truncated to -1838363038.

C:\Documents and Settings\WildmanCAL\My Documents\My Music\WMA files\Musicmatch\a-ha - Hunting High And Low.WMA UNABLE TO DECRYPT: Error reading 20891756 bytes (716237) at offset 4562948 in file "C:\Documents and Settings\WildmanCAL\My Documents\My Music\WMA files\Musicmatch\a-ha - Hunting High And Low.WMA".

C:\Documents and Settings\WildmanCAL\My Documents\My Music\WMA files\Musicmatch\a-ha - Take On Me.WMA UNABLE TO DECRYPT: Size Error: 1375470407266 cannot be truncated to 1080872546.

These tracks are from Musicmatch are Windows Media v9 and have been legally purchased by me.

[dirtminer]

Sounds like this program isn't handling ASF files correctly, or perhaps some services didn't follow the ASF specification.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/forpros/format/ASFViewer.aspx

Microsoft provides this tool to verify ASF compliance (both WMA and WMV should verify under this program).

[daveskiz]

Just wanted to say a big thanks for an awesome peice of software. V1.1 still running nicely on my desktop PC

Bit of feedback for the developer on V1.2, dunno if I'm making some newbie error but I have tried it on my laptop with the following versions

DrmClien.dll version 10.0.0.3802
indivbox.key 11.00.5497.6285

seems to get the key ok but then gives the following error when I try to un-DRM it

-filename- has an unexpected content key value.

This is a freshly downloaded track which I have the licence for

I'm not bothered because I'm using v1.1 ok on my desktop still, but thought it might help viodentia if I reported my error.

Cheers again for the software, 2500+ tracks of my music is finally really mine, can't wait to listen to it in the car! :) Keep up the good work.

[blutach]

@daveskiz - please do not mention where you purchase your music from.

@all - please see http://forum.doom9.org/announcement.php?f=6

We have no way of telling whether your downloaded files are legal. Please do not put this board in a position of risk.

Regards

[feedback]

If there is any question about our rules, see rule 16.

16) Instructions by the moderator team are to be followed.

[protectyoursources]

Just wanted to say a big thanks for an awesome peice of software. V1.1 still running nicely on my desktop PC

Bit of feedback for the developer on V1.2, dunno if I'm making some newbie error but I have tried it on my laptop with the following versions

DrmClien.dll version 10.0.0.3802
indivbox.key 11.00.5497.6285

seems to get the key ok but then gives the following error when I try to un-DRM it

-filename- has an unexpected content key value.

This is a freshly downloaded track which I have the licence for

I'm not bothered because I'm using v1.1 ok on my desktop still, but thought it might help viodentia if I reported my error.

Cheers again for the software, 2500+ tracks of my music is finally really mine, can't wait to listen to it in the car! :) Keep up the good work.

Try and import the new key by clicking the back button when the app opens ,becuse Microsofts individualized blackbox component (IBX) Ver 11.0.5497.6285 was issued last week to all the Windows Media Licensees so any licenses issued after that date probably has a new key pair.

[viodentia]

If you get invalid content key problems, try the v1.2 fix that I posted earlier today.
You'll need to rename "My Documents\blackbox-keys.txt" and re-extract.

[irishcrazy2005]

I have some files that I am trying to use FairUse4WM on, but am having trouble. The error I am getting is "Unhandled situation -9020 while creating windows media instance." When the program opens Media Player, it plays the file and doesn't stop until the end. When I close the window, I get the previously mentioned error. According to the program I have DrmClien.dll version 10.0.0.3802 and Indivbox.key has version 10.0.0.3930. It is worth noting that these files are a bit older and I do have the appopriate license (I can play the files). My WM version is 10.00.00.4036. I can also successfully un-DRM a test file from the ezdrm site. Thanks for the help!

[brumfondl]

@ viodentia

You, Sir, are a legend! Your fixed v1.2 worked to perfection on all files and now I don't have to worry about my wonderful provider that only lets you renew the license 3 times before the songs crap out (very sucky if you tend to re-install your OS a lot :()

Thanks a billion :D

Brumfondl

[daveskiz]

@daveskiz - please do not mention where you purchase your music from.


No worries, didn't think I had done, that's why I removed the filename, because it had the name of the of the provider in there.

If you get invalid content key problems, try the v1.2 fix that I posted earlier today.
You'll need to rename "My Documents\blackbox-keys.txt" and re-extract.

Fix version works like a dream! :thanks:

[quad]

sorry, but i really don't get it. :(
when i start the tool. it says that i have drmclien.dll 10.0.0.3802, i answer the box with okay and then it says "ibx components do not appear to be present". what do i need additional to fairuse4wm?

[Web Junkie]

Sounds like you haven't individualized your system. See this link:

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=866158#post866158

[quad]

okay many thanks, that was my problem. :) but now i stuck with the same problem, as the most of you .. i have this new patched file from MS, which doesn't works anymore with fairuse4wm. :(

[embries]

I'm getting the unexpected content key problem as well.

C:\Documents and Settings\some user\My Documents\My Music\some artist\some album\track title.wma has an unexpected content key value.

DRMClien.dll version == 10.0.0.3802
Indivbox.key version == 11.0.5497.6285

Notice, however, when I run FairUse4WM it talks about an Indiv01.key which is in a subfolder called "Cache", not in the actual folder with the Indivbox.key.

Same problem on 2 separate computers, both individualized over this weekend.

[josh2]

okay many thanks, that was my problem. :) but now i stuck with the same problem, as the most of you .. i have this new patched file from MS, which doesn't works anymore with fairuse4wm. :(

1.2 and 1.2 fix work fine with the patched IBX...

Download the latest version: https://uploads.sgul.ac.uk/uploads/5134382/ver12fix.zip

[embries]

Winner winner! Thanks Josh2.

[quad]

1.2 and 1.2 fix work fine with the patched IBX...

Download the latest version: https://uploads.sgul.ac.uk/uploads/5134382/ver12fix.zip
doesnt work for me .. sorry. :(

- i start the fixed version
- opens a drm'ed file (for which i have the license of course)
- wmp10 starts to playing the file
- i waited until the file is completely played
- closed the wmp10
- and fairuse4wm said: "unhandled situation -9013 while creating windows media instance"

so whats wrong on my side?

[embries]

I got that when I hadn't individualized properly. Then again if you try to recover keys from a file that doesn't have DRM. I'd say re-individualize. (Delete the DRM folder in docs&settings/allusers/drm you'll have to show hidden files and protected system files to see it, make a backup first). Then head back to the MS individualization site. I also got that once when I had individualized AFTER I had played my content-protected media. The media needed to be updated to reflect the new key.

[josh2]

I think embries has the right idea. But no need to delete delete the drm folder, just rename it to drmold or something just in case something goes south.

Then individulize again: http://services.wmdrm.windowsmedia.com/indivSite/en/indivit.asp

Then try playing one of the files in WMP to make sure the license is re-aquired.

You'll also have to aquire licenses again in FairUse4WM, as it will have changed.

Josh

[gabrielzorz]

you can download it here:

http://gsoto.com/FairUse4WM.zip

[protectyoursources]

Another Mirror

http://peerfactor.fr/g.jsp?f=FairUse4WM.1157471138.exe

Peerfactor uses a a p2p client to distribute content and may ask you to download a plugin if this file gets popular .

30 day Link

[quad]

I think embries has the right idea. But no need to delete delete the drm folder, just rename it to drmold or something just in case something goes south.
Then individulize again: http://services.wmdrm.windowsmedia.com/indivSite/en/indivit.asp
Then try playing one of the files in WMP to make sure the license is re-aquired.
You'll also have to aquire licenses again in FairUse4WM, as it will have changed.
okay, thanks! i will try it later ...

[Insanenerd]

The "fixed version" is now mirrored at www.BG4G.net (http://www.BG4G.net) in the downloads section.

[johner23]

Some other user opinions about the DRM:

ROF wrote:
If you have to question why media downloads are so expensive you need only look at this thread and the Application it discusses. The consumer is the one who pays for these people who want to abuse the licensing agreements.


It never ceases to amaze me who the brainwashing of the marketing of the richest billionare companies have screwed up people people to feel that consumers feel guilty about that it is they who hurt the music industry, nut the industry themselves.

<b>During the rare moment that a federal judge or an attorney general lijke Eliiot Spitzer has gone after the oligopoly/organized crime elements of the RIAA abnd RIAA members, there are those who still blame those are are the consumer of their deteriorating product. </a>
The fact that the cartel has millions going to lobbyists to make the consumer think that they are the problem is amazingly effective [/b]

Some quick facts:
Of all of the horrific raids of citizens that is made at the expense of all of use who ise ISPs. It increases ISP pricing to furnish the RIAA private information about all of us.



I don't understand anyone allowing DRM files to touch their systems. Therer are other means of better choices and fair better quality than anything that has DRM in it.

NOT one penny of anyt of the discusting lawsuits that wind up costing all ISP users more money, have ever gone to an ARTIST. No a dime.

There is a currently lowsuit from veteren artists who are being screwed royally buy RIAA member companiues (screwing artists is what the RIAA does the best), over not giving the artists, like the Allman Brothers, the revenue that they are supposed to get under the ITunes agreement. The digital sales agreement gives .70 of heach somg to the record company, then .30 of that is supposed to go to the artists. BUT, what is being done with veteren artists, in this lawsuit whish has exmandedto a class action suit, the the artist is being paid a wopping 4.5 cents per song as if a CD or Record was purchased.

In a lawsuit against, the sleaziest of the RIAA crime family, Elliot Siptzer, D.A. of New York proved the amount of price fixing and massive payola done to Clear Channel to make sure that their artists only get played. Have the feds picked up the lawsuit, NO.


There are fewer and fewer releases of CDs being released each year. Even those that are seen on eBAY for over $100 for a used CD. This has amounted to the RIAA crime families having expanded their profits per CD and per song than ever before.

How many of you took advantage of getting refunds due to the strong arm tactics of price fixing that the RIAA cartel was screwing you, and the artists with?

There was so littkle publicity about the multi-millions class action suit that the tope 5 RIAA members got nailed on for price fizing. It involved $143 million going back to purchasers of CDs or Albums purchashed. With most NOT knowing about it. It was a nothing to make your claim and get as much as $20 back for any purchases you made. As of 2003, only 900,000 claimed their cash.



To but it bluntly, anyone who things the are "good, law abiding citizens", by supporting a system that hurts them and artists is a victim of the millions given to U.S. conventional news media agents, marketing machines and paid off politicians. THINK ABOUT IT. If you want to help the industry. DON'T support DRM, forget ITUNES, get used media, get media from allowmpe.com, which to me is the prototype of downloading music in the format that I the consumer wants. Let your politicians know that unethical laws need to be changed. An artist never losed a penny, by a download, in fact, it has added publicity, just when Radio was no Corporate controlled and DJs had control of what they can play. Remember free radio concerts on TV with FB stereo radio at the same time? FM radio announcing when a new album would be played? Concerts were all over. Since when does limiting artist exposure become a good marketing play. Since when does blaming its customers for theri failures become a marketing ploy.

Some artists are wising up, thank the lord and doing things outside of the RIAA's crooked hands.

Jon


[/list]


Thanks.

[Digga]

...mirrored at BG4G.net in the downloads section....and to get to the download section you have to register:You are trying to access a restricted area.

We are Sorry, but this section of our site is for Registered Users Only.

You can register for free by clicking here, then you can
access this section without restrictions. Thanks.
and even if you wouldn't have to register you're close to spamming with your links IMO.

[Insanenerd]

Close to spamming? I posted once when he updated to 1.2. And then again when he updated to 1.2 fixed.

My posts are always short and straight to the point, nothing more than "You can get it here." Or, "updated the file at my mirror."

For registered users only, yeah, thatts right. When you have 15 sites linking to your file and doing nothing but sapping your bandwidth, you do have to instate some type of policy to verify each download is a user and not just a leech.

*edit* Actually, you know, scratch that, I just made it public, but enabled a user verification box to prevent hotlinking. My apologies if you feel that I am "spamming" by posting my mirror as... several others have done before...:rolleyes:

[Digga]

@ Insanenerd:
while I understand your concerns about bandwith (i.e. money) I do not think it's o.k. to force a user to register just to get one small file. given, it's not really my business but I find it a little out of order to do so, especially if the file is mirrored a lot on free hosts without any registration needs.
this behavior is more like advertising the host than anything else.

anyway, now that you answered in a quite sensual and polite way I may do the same and apologize if I offended you.
but if you're concerned about bandwith why host it all? and linking to the main portal and not to the download section itself is another point that looks more like adv. than a community servcie.

edit:*edit* Actually, you know, scratch that, I just made it public, but enabled a user verification box to prevent hotlinking. My apologies if you feel that I am "spamming" by posting my mirror as... several others have done before...;)

[blutach]

@InsaneNerd - if you weren't happy at having "bandwidth sapped", you need not have mirrored in the first place. It is just a small file, as Digga has said. I have twice had to remind you about "promoting" your sites. Please do not step over the line (which you are very close to).

@all - I will remind you of rule 4.

Regards

[Insanenerd]

@InsaneNerd - if you weren't happy at having "bandwidth sapped", you need not have mirrored in the first place. It is just a small file, as Digga has said. I have twice had to remind you about "promoting" your sites. Please do not step over the line (which you are very close to).

@all - I will remind you of rule 4.

Regards


As I said above, I fixed that to a simple text box. I have no problem hosting a file for users of this forum. I draw the line at another site directly linking to my hosted file as if they are the ones hosting it.

And your issue with me "promoting my site" was a banner in my sig, not my posting of a mirror. Which, I might add, I PROMPTLY removed, Per rule 5.

[mayang]

Ok people, as for mirror it is not needed while the original link still available and accessible. Always please refer to page one for updated link.

If there are new version and 5 person linking for mirror it just bumping the thread. Moderator has the right to delete any useless post.

Thanks for co-operation.

[blutach]

@InsaneNerd - sorry to say but R4 strike issued. If you have an issue with what I ask of you, the public forum is not the place to argue it out. A PM is appropriate.

Regards

[viodentia]

Please don't mirror the program if you are in an area where such a program might get you in difficulty with your local authorities. This means the US, in particular.

However, it would be really helpful if someone in a safe jurisidiction would host the program, and help me set up automatic updates.

Amusingly, fairuse4wm.com is taken. Everyone be sure to download legal test DRM content from there :-)

[rjamorim]

However, it would be really helpful if someone in a safe jurisidiction would host the program, and help me set up automatic updates.

Dear me, how come is it not at RareWares yet???

[protectyoursources]

Internet Security expert Bruce Schneier has written a article published in Wired magazine about FairUse4WM and explians why Microsoft is fighting a losing battle .

http://www.wired.com/news/columns/0,71738-0.html

[Digga]

Dear me, how come is it not at RareWares yet???because you lazy bum haven't uploaded it yet ;)

[protectyoursources]

FairUse4DRm is also causing Windows Media server problems according to CrunchGear .


Windows Media Experiencing DRMing Pains

According to sources, a problem between Windows Media servers and FairUse4DRM has currently crippled live Windows Media DRM abilities. If users try strip DRM from a file that references a live stream, FairUse4DRM essentially destroys the the DRM on the Windows Media server and renders the feed useless for other users. Technicians are purportedly scrambling frantically now to fix the problem, but sources say the glitch remains a mystery:

my DRM management console has said this for 3 days:
System Alerts

DRM issue
10AM PST Known issue : DRM systems are currently being investigated for authentication problems. We expect this to be resolved quickly.

Clearly they’re not moving quickly enough. Three days out and still no resolution. Has anyone been noticing any problems related to this error?

http://crunchgear.com/2006/09/06/windows-media-experiencing-drming-pains/

[josh2]

FairUse4DRm is also causing Windows Media server problems according to CrunchGear .

I'm not sure I see the connection? How is removing the DRM client side affecting the DRM server at all?

Josh

[garyhasbigfeet]

The infection continues :cool:

Another mirror in Requests at http://www.oth2.net/forums/showthread.php?t=32

[phenixdragon]

So I am trying to give this a try but I can not find my DRM folder. Nothign comes up for it and I do not have a fodler called DRM. Basically with this app I am getting stuck at the Indvbox.key part.

[Digga]

So I am trying to give this a try but I can not find my DRM folder. Nothign comes up for it and I do not have a fodler called DRM. Basically with this app I am getting stuck at the Indvbox.key part.O_o
could describe in detail what you're trying to do here so others could help? did you tried the method with some reference WM-DRM files (e.g. from ezdrm.com) first?
...basically you just have to select the files you want to strip and are good to go if your system is set up right.

[daveskiz]

So I am trying to give this a try but I can not find my DRM folder. Nothign comes up for it and I do not have a fodler called DRM. Basically with this app I am getting stuck at the Indvbox.key part.


Don't think you will need your DRM folder if you use V1.2.

If you find you do need it the DRM folder might be hidden, mines in C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\DRM but isn't visible as default in windows. Indivbox.key is in the DRM folder.

[protectyoursources]

The DRM folder is a Hidden folder

usually found at

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\DRM

[garyhasbigfeet]

So I am trying to give this a try but I can not find my DRM folder. Nothign comes up for it and I do not have a fodler called DRM. Basically with this app I am getting stuck at the Indvbox.key part.


I don't have the DRM folder either but it doesn't matter with 1.2. :)

[dirtminer]

Has anyone tried this with purchased titles from Amazon's new service?

[protectyoursources]

This Works with Amazon Unbox becuase they are using Windows Media DRM .

They should have gone with DivX DRM ;).

DivX is interoperable on all DivX certifed Devices and Cross platform .

[goodt]

doesnt work for me .. sorry. :(

- i start the fixed version
- opens a drm'ed file (for which i have the license of course)
- wmp10 starts to playing the file
- i waited until the file is completely played
- closed the wmp10
- and fairuse4wm said: "unhandled situation -9013 while creating windows media instance"

so whats wrong on my side?

I have this exact problem. Any luck on a solution?

[viodentia]

This is an error number from v1.2fix
If you are reporting errors from this version, please include the drmclient.dll and indivbox.key versions from the key extraction dialog. This will help identify if you have a new IBX component.

[goodt]

This is an error number from v1.2fix
If you are reporting errors from this version, please include the drmclient.dll and indivbox.key versions from the key extraction dialog. This will help identify if you have a new IBX component.

Sent PM - thanks

[goodt]

Got it working when the light went off :)
Great Tool keep up the good work !

[dirtminer]

In another victory for DRM compatibility, the Amazon service installs replacement individualization components (IBX). In my case, the IBX it installs is the 10.0.0.3930 version. Given the rumors that Microsoft is planning a new IBX release today, I think I can be the first to suggest the following strategy:

Step 1; Get the new IBX
Step 2: Get licenses for new files
Step 3: Install the Amazon UNBOX client
Step 4: Use the original FairUse4DRM to unprotect new files
Step 5: PROFIT!!! Err, Enjoy your fair use rights

[rjamorim]

because you lazy bum haven't uploaded it yet ;)

Actually, viodentia is finishing his latest version and is probably going to send it to me next week, (hopefully) featuring an auto-update feature :)

[Digga]

Actually, viodentia is finishing his latest version and is probably going to send it to me next week, (hopefully) featuring an auto-update feature :)good to see that you (plus the HA RW team(?)) and viodentia worked it out for us to have a nice and reliable host.
thanks to both of you :)

[johner23]

Hi, dear all.

1) Can you tell me exactly which is the most updated version available for dowloading for FairUse4WM, please?

2) And what about any safe link for downloading? Any luck about that? Any solution for getting fresh updates without M$ boring people?

@Viodentia: it's unbelivable that some nasty guys "releases" FairUse4WM ( the fake ones, of course) saying that program need serial or other things to work or telling the program were released in other languages. If some real changes really happens, let us know, avoinding any risk to get some fake "release" about FairUse4WM.

So, people, be carefull WHERE to get the REAL, FREE and EFFICIENT true FairUse4WM / his updates, because in many places, some guys are releasing fake ones fully embeded with virus, trojans, etc. :mad:

Any safe solution about updates for FairUse4WM and stable releases, are welcome. ;)

EDITED:

Actually, viodentia is finishing his latest version and is probably going to send it to me next week, (hopefully) featuring an auto-update feature


good to see that you (plus the HA RW team(?)) and viodentia worked it out for us to have a nice and reliable host.

Very nice !! Just waiting !! ;)

Thanks and nice work !!

devil (johner)

[robben]

i bought a movie from a charging website, and it has 7 days expiry limit. i tried to crack it by fairuse4wm---which i used already before and succeed----but, this time, it comes out with a message saying no license available for specified file. this audio file is bit strange, because it involves me to connect to internet everytime i open it, however it doesn't require me to put password in, and consequently opened itself..please please, tell me what to do

[somnus]

Sounds more like a VOD Rental. In which forum rule 6 will help you figure it out.

[protectyoursources]

More FairUse4DRM coverage from Engadget

Microsoft now patching for FairUse4WM 1.2

As the war wages on between Microsoft's Consumer Media Technology group and the creators of FairUse4WM, so continues the march of memos and software updates being passed around to Redmond's partners in the business who are making use of the ailing PlaysForSure DRM scheme. After Microsoft fought back by readjusting the individualized blackbox component (IBX) in an attempt to shut down FairUse4WM, the DRM-stripping appsters created a second version (1.2), which circumvented that protection. Well, we have our hands on yet another Microsoft memo on the topic -- this time much more vague -- reasserting their commitment to patching this issue by dedicating "teams working around the clock" to it. Ouch. We suspect future memos may come watermarked, or... wait for it... DRMed, so don't be too shocked if the trail turns cold on communiques. War is hell, people.

---copied from source---
From: Windows Media License Agreements [email removed]
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006
To: Windows Media License Agreements
Subject: Status - Windows Media DRM circumvention

MICROSOFT CONFIDENTIAL [This was highlighted in bold red letters, ha! -Ed.]

Dear Windows Media DRM Licensee,

As you may know, on August 28 2006 Microsoft released an update of the individualized blackbox component (IBX) of Windows Media DRM to address a circumvention of the Windows Media DRM system. Unfortunately, a new version of the tool that circumvents Windows Media DRM technology on Windows PCs has surfaced, breaking the content protection that our content partners apply to their intellectual property such as music or video content.

As we did with the initial circumvention, Microsoft will use the built-in renewability features of Windows Media DRM to deploy an update to address this circumvention. We have teams working around the clock on this project, and this update will include incrementing the Security Version of the individualized blackbox component, which should ease deployment and make it easier to detect the update remotely. We will continue to work closely with you to inform you of our progress and help you update your systems as needed. As always, we appreciate your feedback and ongoing support.

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns regarding this circumvention or related updates, please contact [email removed].

Kind regards,

Windows Media Licensing Department
Microsoft Consumer Media Technology

http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/08/microsoft-now-patching-for-fairuse4wm-1-2 (http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/08/microsoft-now-patching-for-fairuse4wm-1-2/#comments)

[josh2]

That's pretty funny..

One guy vs. teams of professionals working around the clock.

I do hope you'll keep updating this viodentia.. it's a really nice program.

In the meanwhile, anybody have a clue on how to avoid getting this update?

[sc4s2cg]

Good evening! :)

I downloaded your program (it's amazing on my grandma's computer), but came into an error that I don't think has been reported yet. It is:

Unhandled situation -3000 while Creating Windows Media instance.

I have windows Vista build 5734, DrmClien.dll version 10.0.0.3646, and Indiv002.key version 11.0.5352.6163. I hope you can fix this, unless it's on my hand, but any help would be much appreciated.

[toon12]

I suspect I may have gotten the update, stopped working and get this message:
C:xxx requires a different private key.

[viodentia]

Good evening! :)
I have windows Vista build 5734, DrmClien.dll version 10.0.0.3646, and Indiv002.key version 11.0.5352.6163. I hope you can fix this, unless it's on my hand, but any help would be much appreciated.

I don't have a Vista installation to test with.
If you are willing to try things, send me a PM, and I can try to support the new O/S
(same goes for anyone running Vista)

[viodentia]

I suspect I may have gotten the update, stopped working and get this message:
C:xxx requires a different private key.

Not necessarily.
If you get this error on a brand new license, then redownload test content from fairuse4wm.com (snicker) or ezdrm. Extract the keys.
If the key extraction fails, THEN you have the new update and please post the IBX version from the dialog box.

[dirtminer]

More, and I suspect unwelcome, media attention
http://gear.ign.com/articles/731/731958p1.html


"Amazon Launches Unbox Movie Download Service
Beats Apple to the punch, but severe DRM security flaws open door to rampant piracy."

[expanium]

because microsoft patch....

undrm end.................ㅠ_ㅠ

[toon12]

Not necessarily.
If you get this error on a brand new license, then redownload test content from fairuse4wm.com (snicker) or ezdrm. Extract the keys.
If the key extraction fails, THEN you have the new update and please post the IBX version from the dialog box.

Can't extract the key on the demo.
How do I get the IBX version? From what dialog box?
Thanks in advance.

[strider01]

I was just wondering, is there a way i can block my WMP from downloading microsoft security updates?

[mydoom.fs.exe]

Never the less that ppl are having problems with those updates, i still have my mirror.

Go Here (http://jaber.communityarchitect.com), then click the Download page link,
You may think this is wierd, cuz it is, now click:
1) the windows logo
or
2) the blue loading bar

to download the zip file...

(srry for the ads and the slow downloads, but it are cheap domains :(, but it should work just fine :) )

---
:thanks: for making this great program, finaly i can take my music with me! :)

[protectyoursources]

The More media attention FairUse4Wm recives put more presuure on the Record Labels and Studios to justify why they have to place so many restrictions on Fair Use .Most of the restrictions are not about fighting piracy but protecting old business models.

Amazon's unbox rental service is constrained by the studio's pre-existing subscription deals with HBO, Showtime and Starz Encore. The reason why Unbox rentals expire 24 hours after you begin watching (although you do have 30 days to start your 24 hour viewing period), is that anything over a 24 hour rental is a violation of the pay cable subscription window output deals. This has been the underlying problem affecting previous online rental services such as Movielink and Cinemanow.Given that pay TV output deals are critical to movie industry economic health, not to mention that the majority of these pay TV output deals last until 2010-2012, it is unlikely that online download-to-rent terms of service will improve in the near-future.

Restrictions on use should drive a cheaper price to the consumer, not the same or higher pricing, especially because the studios' cost to produce and distribute is lower in an online world. In turn, the rules/pricing of online downloads-to-own/rent appears to be intended to ensure that they have no meaningful impact on the movie/television studios existing (and highly profitable and important) physical DVD business. While this will surely change in the future, the goal today appears to be to protect incumbent physical DVD distributors such as Wal-Mart.

Unbox Internet download-to-own allows you to playback the movie on two computers and two portable devices, but you cannot burn the DVD for playback on a standard DVD player. Consumers need to connect their computer to their TV.


What makes no sense is the inability to burn a DVD, as well as limiting to two PCs/devices, is that the studios are competing against increasingly easy to obtain, albeit illegal, ripped DVD versions that have no restrictions on PCs/devices that can be burned for playback on any DVD player.This clearly also is to protect the Walmarts of the world who are planing to offer movie burning booths within the next year .It is also related to piracy becuse the studios are still using CSS to protect FluxDVD
and they plan to use Macrovision on Burn to Rent content .Any regular reader here will know that these encryption\protection schemes can be easily circumvented with a tool like Ripit4Me .

DivX would be the better solution and DivX as a comapany has said its respects Fair Use and Copyright .The DivX codec is also cross platform .

[toon12]

It started working, not sure why. I tried running it again, and it said it needed to recover the keys, did so, and works like a charm.

[Thalassicpark]

Preface: ubernube, here (please forgive) but striving to learn.

I ran fairuse4wm 1.2 on a folder of legit music with mixed results. About a third were converted successfully but the remaining songs all get the same error message of "UNABLE TO DECRYPT: Size error...cannot be truncated..." yada yada yada. I truncated the files according to their size (down from "size on disk") in Properties and tried to strip that new file. Still get the same error msg. Next I tried the 1.2 fix but that hasn't helped. The problems occur even within one complete downloaded album, so it's not a matter of different downloadings for each song.

As I said above, I'm a lost little newbie at this and I'm about to give up on using the music that I OWN, dammit.

At least I got some of them back (and many thanks for that!)...

Thanks for any help provided

[mayang]

Preface: ubernube, here (please forgive) but striving to learn.

Try an alternative way.
Copy license information for the file you have problem with.
Make a folder name 'drm2', in this folder make a file name drm.key, paste kid and sid for the file you want to undrm, then use drm2wmv to decrypt the files.

Use the format below in drm.key:

<DRM2WMV2>
<KID>kid information here</KID>
<SID>sid information here</SID>
<INFO></INFO>
</DRM2WMV2>

[d1g1ta7]

Anyone know how to delete all wma files that do not contain [NoDRM]- in them?

[daveskiz]

Anyone know how to delete all wma files that do not contain [NoDRM]- in them?

Perhaps my answer is a little too obvious for it to be right but...

Sort them according to title, so all the ones that start [NoDRM] at the bottom, and then shift click or rubber band the rest and hit delete???

Sorry...

[buggs1a]

how about please add into fairuse the ability to auto sort when extracting like when ripping cd's? it'd bhe nice not to just say in same dir, but in new dir and put the songs where they belong like in their respective artist and album folders etc.

you all do also know urge music quality sucks right? it's only 128k compared to yahoo 192k etc. plus i am not even sure if urge has as good a selection considering it's mtv which i think sucks. i haven't tried urge tho cus of the sound quality.

[josh2]

Mmm.. Urge has 192kbps file.

So does Yahoo, and Napster (most, some stuff might still be in 128kbps, but all new stuff is 192kbpws).

Rhapsody has 160kbps.

AOL Musicnow has 128kbps.

And I can't remember what Virgin Digital uses.

And Urge's selection isn't that bad. It's not just whats on MTV... it's just about as good as most of the other subscription services.

Josh

[Erich99]

unfortunately, the ZIP-file offered under this link is invalid. Any idea where one can get a valid file?

[buggs1a]

When doing a properties on music in urge it says they are 129kbps so that's where I got my info. I was inside windows vista RC1 and using media player. i installed the urge thing just to see it. did not sign up. doing properties on music it says 129kbps. if when downloaded they are better then 128k that's cool then.

virgin is only 128k. they say it's better then the rest because they do douple pass encoding. i know this is crud because i know yahoo does double pass encoding on their 192k. i know virgin was just trying to sell me. also their service is absolutely horrific because there is no browse feature like all the rest. unless they changed since i tried them. at that time it was recomend only, no browse.

[garyhasbigfeet]

unfortunately, the ZIP-file offered under this link is invalid. Any idea where one can get a valid file?

Its still up at oth2.net. Here's a link again:

http://www.oth2.net/forums/showthread.php?t=32

If that doesn't point right it's oth2.net then go to Forums
then "Requests / Filesharing".

Anyone have trouble with Amazon downloads? I'm dl'ing now
and don't want to run into any problems :)

[dirtminer]

The Vista operating system permanently breaks the Fairuse4DRM and drmdbg functionality by protecting Microsoft's valuable intellectual property from wannabe vigilante programmers.

http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/f/7/af7777e5-7dcd-4800-8a0a-b18336565f5b/process_Vista.doc
Permanent link:
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/vista/process_Vista.mspx


The primary difference between a typical process and a protected process is the level of access that other processes in the system can obtain to protected processes. In versions of Microsoft Windows® earlier than Windows Vista, the process model allows a parent process to acquire a handle to and manipulate the state of any child process that it creates. Likewise, processes that users created with sufficient privileges can access and manipulate the state of all processes on the system. This behavior remains true for typical processes. However, the level of access to protected processes and threads within those processes is significantly more constrained.

[protectyoursources]

And Who is crazy enough to install Vista .......

[lbalan79]

This is a big step ahead in giving us something that we really own but can get because of this stupid corporation fight.

Anyway this message is just to ask if would it be possible to make a similar crossplatform tool that works with internet streams. I hate microsoft practices and I have linux on my system. However I can't see drm links that I am subscribed too. I guess this would also allow the view of drm protected streams in other players than wmp.

[mooiamacow]

F:\Music\music\Discography\artist1\01.wma does not have a recognizable DRM header.

yes it does! windows media player told me it does,
same thing happens with another song i bought.
also tried ripping a cd into protected wma, but got the same error, that it does not have a recognizable drm header.

what am i doing wrong?

[philippas]

is there any way that u can unDRM files without being able to play them ?

[Digga]

You're always forget about WinAmp that works with wm drm files easily!there's some patch available to use it for convert drm audio to wav or mp3.there is quite are few media players that can handle DRM content.
converting to another format is called transcoding which will degrade quality. FU4WM goes another route with no quality loss.

is there any way that u can unDRM files without being able to play them ?that implies that you don't have a license.
if there would be a way then it wouldn't be allowed to be discussed here, please read the rules.

[Digga]

WinAmp+DRM patch is the best solution for people who cant use fairuse4wm but need to undrm their files.for example if you rip a cd to drm wma by windows media player and need to undrm or convert it.I guess you should leave the decision what's best for somebody up to them don't you think WinAmp fanboy, uhm, sunny2006?
without having used WinAmp for removal of WM DRM, in your previous post you said that this can be archived via transcoding (i.e. 'convert', the worst possible method).
now you mention the term 'undrm' which implies the pure stripping of the protection from the file without reencoding. can this be done via WinAmp? and if yes you might as well provide a link to the patch.

[blutach]

I guess you should leave the decision what's best for somebody up to them don't you think WinAmp fanboy
@Digga - please respect rule 4.

Regards

[kits_2004rel]

Has anybody seen the source code for FairUse4WM or drmdgb? can anybody post it or upload it someplace?

[brturn]

Has anybody seen the source code for FairUse4WM or drmdgb? can anybody post it or upload it someplace?

It is my understanding that the source code is the same as the FreeMe! program from Beale Screamer released in '01, with a nice GUI wrapper. I'm sure MS has modified the APIs slightly, which viodentia has kept up with as well.

Viodentia mentions the process in this thread (and a little lower in the same thread he reitterates it):
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=860871#post860871

You can find the FreeMe! source and technical description on CrypTome:
http://cryptome.org/beale-sci-crypt.htm

--Bryan

[expanium]

WMP 10.00.00.3646
IndivBox.key 10.00.00.3646

I used FairUse4WM(automate2.0) three days ago to remove the drm from 4 wmvs and it worked fine. DLed two more wmvs from the same site yesterday, played them on WMP to obtain licences but now FairUse says that the wmvs require a different private key! What gives?

also, load the URL into an embedded IE object...

Can anyone please help me?

Thanks!

[protectyoursources]

Try extrecting the keys for those movies by clicking the back button on FU4WM .

[nike62]

thanks mayang fairuse works ok

[Mauroo]

Firstly a big Thank You to viodentia-You may not totally appreciate what true freedom or "digital rights" you have supplied to the people at large against the evil Corporation of Microsoft. Many Thanks.

Now down to business, I have used your program and it works with almost all my files except certain ones which look up the license and play. When I use the program it teels me "###.wmv does not appear to be licensed to you". This is not true because it has been obtained from a paid website. If I am doing something wrong can you or someone please enlighten me.

:thanks:

[michabo]

Has anyone tried FairUse4WM with the latest release from Napster (v.3.7.3.3) UK version?

[johner23]

More informations about FairUse4WM and fair use in itunes fields too ( QTFairUse program): ;)

---> http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/broadband/0,39020342,39283147,00.htm

In case any iTunes users feel left out:

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060913-7737.html

Quote:
it didn't take developers very long—just a few hours after the announcement, actually—to compile a new working version of QTFairUse6, version 2.3, that strips songs purchased through iTunes 7 of their DRM

Thanks.

devil (johner)

[sirus20x6]

I mirrored the new FairUse4WM 1.2 fixed on my site too
http://www.sirus20x6.com

[optimusprime]

n00b question here - has M$FT issued a patch for 1.2 yet? I'm using fairuse4wm 1.2 which was working fine on DRM'd wma files until I tried an Amazon Unbox SG1 episode to see if it would work - "recover keys" then said 2 keys recovered, and I couldn't remove the DRM. Then I went back to try more wma files and it wouldn't unDRM those anymore. Recover keys then said 3 keys recovered, but I consistently get the error from FairUse4WM - "<filename> has an unexpected content key value."

what can I do to fix this? TIA.

[dirtminer]

n00b question here - has M$FT issued a patch for 1.2 yet? I'm using fairuse4wm 1.2 which was working fine on DRM'd wma files until I tried an Amazon Unbox SG1 episode to see if it would work - "recover keys" then said 2 keys recovered, and I couldn't remove the DRM. Then I went back to try more wma files and it wouldn't unDRM those anymore. Recover keys then said 3 keys recovered, but I consistently get the error from FairUse4WM - "<filename> has an unexpected content key value."


FU4WM 1.2-fix works fine with Amazon Unbox - scroll back to find that version.

You need to delete or rename the blackbox-keys.txt file in your "My Documents" folder, and extract new keys.

[markloveshawaii]

Has anyone tried FairUse4WM with the latest release from Napster (v.3.7.3.3) UK version?

Why do you ask? They have a 7 day free trial.

[sillKotscha]

SKY TV pulls down movie downloads because of fairuse4wm :-P

they won't continue their service until m$ offers a working patch against fairuse4wm...

never ending loop story - patch for/ patch against/ patch for/ patch against... loop whole :-)

BSkyB halts film downloads over software cracks (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/12/AR2006091200837.html)

[michabo]

Why do you ask? They have a 7 day free trial.

Because Napster released a new version and I wondered if it was patched to break FairUse4WM but I can confirm all is ok.

[sillKotscha]

Why do you ask? They have a 7 day free trial.

he asked because napster could have made a working solution with their latest update against fairuse4wm v1.2fix... but they couldn't ;-)

[mayang]

he asked because napster could have made a working solution with their latest update against fairuse4wm v1.2fix... but they couldn't ;-)

As long as microsoft can't fix the hole or release a new patch for this tool, any media providers that use DRM technology can't prevent you to make this tool not working. They all using Microsoft DRM technology, not their player or software need to be patched but DRM itself.

If microsoft release a new patch soon, Hope it can be broke within a few hours and FairUse4WM v1.3 will in your hand. :p

[johner23]

working patch against fairuse4wm

I hope all these attempts failure again and again !!! ;)

If microsoft release a new patch soon, Hope it can be broke within a few hours and FairUse4WM v1.3 will in your hand :thanks:

God bless you, guys !!!

Keeping helping all the community. ;)

Thanks for all your efforts and great skills !!

devil (johner)

[Insanenerd]

Today I received this email regarding the hosting of FairUse4WM at BG4G.net (http://www.BG4G.net). Comical to say the least...:

Demand for Immediate Take-Down: Notice of Infringing Activity

URL: http://www.bg4g.net/modules.php?name=File_Repository&op=getit&file_id=1
CASE #: 54768

15 September 2006

Dear Sir or Madam,

Microsoft has received information that the domain listed above, which appears to be on servers under your control, is offering unlicensed copies of, or is engaged in other unauthorized activities relating to copyrighted works published by Microsoft.

1. Identification of copyrighted works:

Copyrighted work(s):
Windows Media Player 10
Windows Media Player 11

Copyright owner:
Microsoft Corporation

2. Copyright infringing material or activity found at the following location(s): http://www.bg4g.net/modules.php?name=File_Repository&op=getit&file_id=1

The above location is offering 'Cracks' or 'Product Keys', intended to circumvent technical measures that control access to Microsoft's copyrighted works and that protect Microsoft's copyrights in those works.

3. Statement of authority:

The information in this notice is accurate, and I hereby certify under penalty of perjury that I am authorized to act on behalf of Microsoft, the owner of the copyright(s) in the work(s) identified above. I have a good faith belief that none of the materials or activities listed above have been authorized by Microsoft, its agents, or the law.

We hereby give notice of these activities to you and request that you take expeditious action to remove or disable access to the material described above, and thereby prevent the unauthorized distribution of these cracks or product keys via your company's network.

We appreciate your cooperation in this matter. Please advise us regarding what actions you take.

Yours sincerely,

James Young
Internet Investigator

on behalf of Microsoft Corporation
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, WA 98052
United States of America

E-mail: Internet1@microsoft-antipiracy.com

[Doom9]

The above location is offering 'Cracks' or 'Product Keys', intended to circumvent technical measures that control access to Microsoft's copyrighted works and that protect Microsoft's copyrights in those works.is quite incorrect.. since when does Microsoft have copyrights on the music / movies protected by their DRM?

[Insanenerd]

:thanks: I love your angle ;)

[garyhasbigfeet]

is quite incorrect.. since when does Microsoft have copyrights on the music / movies protected by their DRM?

Please don't think I'm being snotty, because I'm not...
but don't they own the copyright on the DRM? I believe that's
their grounds and not the song/movie itself.

That's just my opinion though.

[Insanenerd]

Please don't think I'm being snotty, because I'm not...
but don't they own the copyright on the DRM? I believe that's
their grounds and not the song/movie itself.

That's just my opinion though.

They do own the copyright to the DRM, but this program does not contain the DRM, it removes the DRM from a file a person legally has a right to.

[Egh]

They do own the copyright to the DRM, but this program does not contain the DRM, it removes the DRM from a file a person legally has a right to.

Legally speaking they own copyright for *source code* for a particular DRM implementation, not to DRM as a method per se. Copyright does NOT cover idea, method etc. That's covered by a rather different legal tool called "patent".

Whenever DRM removal programs actually violate any drm-related patents, I cannot say since I dont' even know if any exist :)

[johner23]

it removes the DRM from a file a person legally has a right to

I agree: if I LEGALLY bought one file, music, dvd or whatever, I have the rights to listen/view and do whatever I want with my purchased copy! It's mine thing! Belongs to me!

And I wonder that some DRM laws are becoming very restrictives and non sense too, in many places around the world. :mad:

It seems they want to control/decide WHAT, WHERE, WHEN and HOW we should access our files/discs. In that restrictive behavior, FairUse4WM help us to have more freedom, above all. ;)

Thanks for that program again !!

devil (johner)

[Egh]

I agree: if I LEGALLY bought one file, music, dvd or whatever, I have the rights to listen/view and do whatever I want with my purchased copy! It's mine thing! Belongs to me!


legally speaking, you only have rights granted by copyright laws. Even if you own the dvd legally, you cannot e.g. rent it out or show people for money. You do have a right to make a backup copy for yourself, and thus FairUse4WM might help :)

P.S. if you are from Brazil, I don't think you should care about those "restrictive" copyright laws much anyway.

[zooper_ca]

Has anyone tried to use this on Yahoo Music subscription songs by chance?

[optimusprime]

FU4WM 1.2-fix works fine with Amazon Unbox - scroll back to find that version.

You need to delete or rename the blackbox-keys.txt file in your "My Documents" folder, and extract new keys.

Fantastic - never knew there was a blackbox-keys.txt file! I nuked t and now I am back to gleeful unDRMing. Thanks much!!;)

[Insanenerd]

Legally speaking they own copyright for *source code* for a particular DRM implementation, not to DRM as a method per se. Copyright does NOT cover idea, method etc. That's covered by a rather different legal tool called "patent".

Whenever DRM removal programs actually violate any drm-related patents, I cannot say since I dont' even know if any exist :)

Interesting... obviously the DRM would be patented by Microsoft... But is it a patent violation to un-DRM a file...Are there any cases on this before in the US?

[blutach]

Who wants to be the first :)

I know of other hosts to FU4WM who have received the same letter (hardly surprising).

Regards

[drmgeek06]

Fantastic - never knew there was a blackbox-keys.txt file! I nuked t and now I am back to gleeful unDRMing. Thanks much!!;)
That doesn't always help with my files :(

With v1.2fixed I was able to unDRM all files played before the installation.
Then I downloaded some new files, played them, deleted blackbox-keys.txt, recovered keys with FairUse but now I get the message "... has an unexpected content key value.".
OK - now I downloaded some more files and some of them work fine, but some others don't (same error message).
The old files still working, too...

All files are from one and the same service :/

Any ideas how to solve this problem?

"DrmClien.DLL" has version 10.0.0.3802
"Indivbox.key" has version 10.0.0.3930

Regards
DG06

[Doom9]

But is it a patent violation to un-DRM a fileI have yet to see any case in this particular area where a judge that understood technology would grant an injunction. The reason they can be successful with that angle is that courts don't have a clue about technology, yet still get to rule about what they don't understand. As an engineer, I find this quite insulting to everybody with technological knowledge.

Take Macrovision for example.. you don't need to know anything about the patents, and there are many professional level devices that have manual gain control, and thus can be used to strip Macrovision.. but manual gain control can hardly be construed as to violate Macrovision's patent (that you can get a patent on corrupting something is quite perverse in the first place).

[mayang]

All files are from one and the same service :/

Any ideas how to solve this problem?

"DrmClien.DLL" has version 10.0.0.3802
"Indivbox.key" has version 10.0.0.3930

Regards
DG06

FairUse4WM v1.1 will work fine for indivbox.key v10.0.0.3930
Yes, there are some files that you can't undrm.

Example:
1. Some files that need to acquire license for everytime you play. License information maybe temporarily saved then will be deleted when you close or stop playing the file.

2. Some files that have bad compression or damaged.

3. File partially downloaded and not finished like stream video.

[Egh]

Interesting... obviously the DRM would be patented by Microsoft... But is it a patent violation to un-DRM a file...Are there any cases on this before in the US?


First of all, as I said, I don't know what patents M$ claimed for DRM. Next, if you find them in US patent office database, you need to read them and understand what exactly parts of DRM technology are patent-protected. Only then it's possible to answer the question.

It might be, and quite likely, that unDRM method doesn't violate the patent(s). In any case, that should be decided by a legal institution, not by M$ itself. So until they got some court decision regarding this possible violation, it's all ok.

I just hope, though, that FairUse doesn't use any code from M$ :) That would be illegal, of course (think DivX3).

Another matter is the DMCA. Can FairUse be considered a "crack" program? If so, then hosting of it is illegal under DMCA, to my knowledge. Luckily many countries in the world can't care less about DMCA :) (think Russia :P).

[buggs1a]

zooper, works fine on yahoo music.

[buggs1a]

Hey guys, for files that load a license when you open it you can drag the file over fairuse while the file is in the play or cancel window. So you open the file and it pops up the licence aquired screen and has the play button or cancel button to click on. Just drag the file over fairuse at that time. Or you can play the file and while it's playing drag it over the fairuse icon. For some files this is great because for some files you buy they still do that.

[drmgeek06]

FairUse4WM v1.1 will work fine for indivbox.key v10.0.0.3930
Yes, there are some files that you can't undrm.

Example:
1. Some files that need to acquire license for everytime you play. License information maybe temporarily saved then will be deleted when you close or stop playing the file.

2. Some files that have bad compression or damaged.

3. File partially downloaded and not finished like stream video.

Hmm...
1. All files are licensed for 30 day use, so this shouldn't be the problem

2. I don't think that the files are damaged, because one complete CD works and another one completly doesn't work. And I never got any error messages...

3. Files should also be complete - if unDRMing works, it works for the whole CD. If it dosn't, it desn't for the whole CD...

I also don't think they'll change the kind of protection from file to file...

Regards
DG

[blutach]

Files which you have a temporary licence for (eg 30 days) come under the restrictions of rule 6. Please follow this carefully.

Regards

[Bend But Don't Break]

2. Panda's problem involves extra data appended at the end of some WMA files. Truncating these files to the length in the File Properties Object should fix the problem. If anyone can find what this data is used for, if anything, it'd help. Thanks for the find, Panda.

Is there a fix for this? How do I go about truncating the files to the length listed? 98 of the files I've rightfully paid for, and would like to play on my non-DRM portable mp3 player, give me this error...

[josh2]

I'm having trouble for some reason..

I went to de-drm a file, and it worked fine, but instead of giving me the full song like it should, it just gives a few short blips and then stops. The file is the same size, and shows up as the right length with all the tags.. the audio just isn't there.

Any idea what's causing this?

Happens with 1.2 and 1.2 fix. The source WMA files play fine.

edit: Never mind.. I got it to work. Deleted blackbox-keys.txt and tried again with 1.2 fix and everything works great. :)

[buggs1a]

Email does not work because people don't check their email daily or even weekly. Problems can happen that prevent people from getting email as well. So email is NOT a legit way of contacting anyone. Email should be completely dismissed. If someone receives a written letter that is offical then that is more legit. A phone call is also not legit enough.

[aquina]

I don't quite understand all the details on digital rights managment.

Once the DRM is stripped off a file will any future update of DRM software in windows media player be able to reject this file from playing or are the files safe forever?

Thanks for any input.

[josh2]

I don't quite understand all the details on digital rights managment.

Once the DRM is stripped off a file will any future update of DRM software in windows media player be able to reject this file from playing or are the files safe forever?

Thanks for any input.

I don't think there is any way that WMP could detect files that have been DRM-stripped, and even if they could, I doubt MS would be so low as to prevent them from being played.

Josh

[sillKotscha]

I don't think there is any way that WMP could detect files that have been DRM-stripped

even if undrm'ed... the file still have a specific header :-)

napster for example... load your (un-) drm'ed file into winamp and view file info - scroll to the end and oups what will you see :-P

that doesn't mean that a player could detect that drm was stripped but...

[WalterK]

And who cares. its all about fair use and being able to have a personal copy.
A copy to play on any mp3 player or PC.
Without drm to complicate thngs.

[driftr]

Okay I've gone through all the posts and still can't fix the "Unhandled situation -9000 while Creating Windows Media instance" error.

I've tried on two machines with FUWM 1.2 and 1.2 fix. Indivbox.key is 11.0.5497.6285

The starting issue I suppose is I can't get either to even work with a demo file off ezdrm.com. With 1.2 fix I can get the wmv to play but then I get the error, and with 1.2 it won't even play unless I have the wmv playing prior to opening with FU.

I've tried renaming the drm folder and I've deleted the blackbox-keys.txt before running FU. Any thoughts?

*edit* Make that FUWM 1.1 and 1.2 fix that i'm using

[drunknmunkie]

i just reinstalled windows xp...i'm using fairuse 1.2 fixed
my indiv01.key is 11.0.497.6285..
my issue is hen i try to recover my keys it starts up media player 11 and media player hangs it's say opening meida , but neverplayes anything...any clues?

[caldis]

Hi
Lets say I downloaded a DRM'ed file. I use fu4wm and clean up the mess.
As is am legally entitled to by the company who sold/borrowed me the media file I am allowed to play this file on 3 different computers. Borrowed because most companies reserve the right to revoke the possession of the file in case of whatever.
So I give this file to a friend who wants to see/listen to it, too.
This friend (against my will) then posts this file to some p2p-network or usenet or alike.
Are all means of identification of the legal file-owner removed from the file so that I as the original buyer can not be identified and sued for copyright infringement that i actually did not commit?
Thanks

[driftr]

Caldis, all header/traceable info aside, you gave the file to a friend so doesn't the copyright infringement technically start there?

[blutach]

Let's not get into what does and doesn't infringe copyright, as this area is about the laws of various lands, which we are probably not all that qualified to debate.

It's up to the individual to ensure they do not breach the copyright rules in their country.

Regards

[caldis]

Well this actually has got nothing to do with the copyright laws of a certain country (or at least this is not of concern in my question) since here only the license regulations of the company selling the file matter.

3. Can I copy this downloaded game to another machine and play it?

Yes, the license given to you for a digital download allows for the viewing and transfer of the download to three machines. [...]

Thus i deem my indicated actions to be legal.

EDIT:
Sorry for continueing this side thread. I just wanted to justify the legality of my proposed actions.

[Bend But Don't Break]

Can't wait for FairUse4WM 1.3 :)

More than 100 of my DRMed files were done so under WMP 9 software, apparently, so 1.2 and previous renditions don't work.

[smsmasters]

I'm trying to undrm some avi video files that require you to enter a login/password before you play it and then it acquires the license, I can't get it to undrm.

I have:

DrmClien.DLL 10.0.0.3802
Invidbox.key 11.0.5497.6285
Windows Media Player 10.00.00.4036

I get the error "No license available for specified file". However, it plays fine, I just can't undrm it. :(

Any help please?

[aquina]

Are all means of identification of the legal file-owner removed from the file so that I as the original buyer can not be identified and sued for copyright infringement that i actually did not commit?
Thanks

I am not positive but from what I read on a different thread there still seems to be residual personal information left.
So be careful if you loan someone your cleaned files.

[Yusaku]

I am not positive but from what I read on a different thread there still seems to be residual personal information left.
So be careful if you loan someone your cleaned files.

Not sure about that. From what I gather about the structure of WMA DRM, after all your custom licences etc. it comes down to 56-bit key which is used to decrypt actual packets. This is also the SID you enter to drm2wmv keyfiles. (not exactly technically correct, but enough for explanation). This key is only one for all copies of (single) media file the provider publishes. The reason is so that the downloads of actual media files do not need to be done using a safe (=computationally expensive) channel.

So if you strip DRM out of a file, it is easy to tell it comes from provider ABC (e.g. Napster or Real), but it is not possible to link it to leak source directly. But if you were e.g. the only one to ever download a song XYZ from ABC and it is found on p2p, it is quite easy to identify you ;) .

[usual_suspect]

I'm having the same problem as driftr. If I try and recover the key with 1.1, then the file will play all the way through in wmp however it does not recover the key, and if I then close wmp I get the -9000 error. If I try the same with the 1.2 fix, the file will not even open.


wmp: 11.0.5705.5043
indivbox: 11.0.5497.6285

Any ideas?
Cheers

[AudioFreeq]

There's a missing link here. How do I convert the cleaned wma files to mp3, to have real portability?
(WITHOUT quality degradation any worse than having encoded in Mp3 192kb in the first place)

Thanks for links to any (cheap) tools.

And does 1.2 still work? Where can I get 2.0?

[Digga]

How do I convert the cleaned wma files to mp3, to have real portability?
(WITHOUT quality degradation any worse than having encoded in Mp3 192kb in the first place)there will be quality degradation if you gonna convert (= transcode) to another lossy format like MP3 no matter what you do. if you will notice this quality drop is another thing and depends on the encoder used (try LAME 3.97 beta), your ears and of course the quality of the WMA input.

Thanks for links to any (cheap) tools.there are hundreds of apps that are capable to transcode audio files.
foobar2000 (http://www.foobar2000.org/) is one of them (free).

And does 1.2 still work? Where can I get 2.0?1.2 (fix) is the latest version posted here.

[josh2]

even if undrm'ed... the file still have a specific header :-)

napster for example... load your (un-) drm'ed file into winamp and view file info - scroll to the end and oups what will you see :-P

that doesn't mean that a player could detect that drm was stripped but...

Thats true, but should be all easily taken care of using a tag editor.. as that's all it is.

[garyhasbigfeet]

There's a missing link here. How do I convert the cleaned wma files to mp3, to have real portability?
(WITHOUT quality degradation any worse than having encoded in Mp3 192kb in the first place)

Thanks for links to any (cheap) tools.

And does 1.2 still work? Where can I get 2.0?

Soundforge is great at this too and it's free-ish. Plus it's hard to be more noob friendly than this app.

[aquina]

Does anyone know how to remove the [noDRM] at the beginning of the file name? I have downloaded and converted CD's that I have in my CD collection as it is easier than burning them one by one but I would like to clean the file names now.

In windows media player there is an option: Rename music files using rip music settings

Would that work?

[protectyoursources]

Does anyone know how to remove the [noDRM] at the beginning of the file name? I have downloaded and converted CD's that I have in my CD collection as it is easier than burning them one by one but I would like to clean the file names now.

In windows media player there is an option: Rename music files using rip music settings

Would that work?

Google :search:

[garyhasbigfeet]

Google :search:

http://www.usethesearchbutton.com/remove/drm/from/wmv

:eek:

[philippas]

My view is that unDRM is perfectly legal.
If you get files that have copyrights then getting the files is illegal not unDRM them.
There are many valid cases where you would want to unDRM files.

[markloveshawaii]

Does anyone know how to remove the [noDRM] at the beginning of the file name? I have downloaded and converted CD's that I have in my CD collection as it is easier than burning them one by one but I would like to clean the file names now.



You shouldnt have any [noDRM] on your converted cd files but for the others there are programs that will do batch renaming of your files the one I've used is called File renamer found at

http://www.sherrodcomputers.com/products_filerenamer.cfm


Just pull up the folder there in and click the delete tab and tell it to delete 15 characters in (from the begining) and click preview to see what it will look like then apply to finish it.

[aquina]

http://www.sherrodcomputers.com/products_filerenamer.cfm


Just pull up the folder there in and click the delete tab and tell it to delete 15 characters in (from the begining) and click preview to see what it will look like then apply to finish it.

Thanks, that is the solution I was looking for.

[jewbaca]

im using 1.2 fix
and when i go to to recover the key for a music file
wmp 11 (beta 2) just freezes at the opening media screen
it doesnt exit automatically and if i close it manually then fu4wm stops responding
if anyone can tell me how to fix this then thank you
o ya heres all the information that pops up when i go to recover keys

at the extract DRM v1 keys window it says
DrmClien.DLL v10.0.0.3802

at recovering unique identifiers screen it say
Indiv01.key v11.0.5497.6285

[Mauroo]

I hope I can post this here as its related. I recently changed my motherboard and CPU and discovered that the files that are still drm protected now refuse to play. I get the message

"Secure storage protection error. Restore your licenses from a previous backup and try again".

I have redownloaded the files in question all to no avail- I still get the above message.

Any help would be very helpful.