FairUse4WM - a WM/DRM removal program

[josh2]

Also if that does not help you could try deleting blackbox-keys.txt from your My Documents folder and then recovering the keys.

Yeah, I forgot about this. Be sure to try that as well. I had the messed up video/audio problem as well and it was fixed by deleting and recovering the keys.

[Blind Melon]

Final issue, I swear. Is there a way to keep your albums in that same folder so when it nodrms the files, it essentially creates another folder in the place you're storing the songs, but respective to each folder they come in?

Example:

Two albums and I want to undrm the songs in each, let's label album 1 and album 2.

Album 1 has 15 songs
Album 2 has 4 songs

You add album 1 & 2 to Fairuse and you undrm the files...
you look in the folder you told it to save and should see album 1 (folder) and album 2 (folder) then inside those, 15 songs and 4 songs respectively. What I'm trying to get at is... I don't like how it just shows the songs, I'd like to have all the folders there too so I don't have to sift through each song and put it in their right folders.

[iure]

may I elaborate on the so-called "virus threat" bloodhound detected by norton's.Neither fairuse file or nodrm tag patch file are viri (plural of virus-latin grammar).The patching procedure is recognised by Norton as virus like activity and subsequently can quarantine the patched Fairuse file.
Solution:- disable nortons av when patching (but it's ok to enable after) and when stripping your wmv files of their licenses.Really no probs.
Cheers all and a BIG thanks to Mayang

[Sharktooth]

i have a better solution: dont waste money on Norton AV...
there are a LOT of free AVs that are even better than norton:
http://www.virus.gr/english/fullxml/default.asp?id=82&mnu=82

As you can see Norton is payware and isnt even a good antivirus...

BitDefender freeware version 8.0.202 - 95.57%
Avast freeware version 4.7.871 - 87.46%
AVG freeware version 7.1.405 - 82.82%

Norton Professional 2006 - 83.18%

[Yogi2k7]

norton AV is very shitty like a blind guardian :-)

[garyhasbigfeet]

i have a better solution: dont waste money on Norton AV...
there are a LOT of free AVs that are even better than norton:
http://www.virus.gr/english/fullxml/default.asp?id=82&mnu=82

As you can see Norton is payware and isnt even a good antivirus...

BitDefender freeware version 8.0.202 - 95.57%
Avast freeware version 4.7.871 - 87.46%
AVG freeware version 7.1.405 - 82.82%

Norton Professional 2006 - 83.18%
Most of the "fantastic freebies" are crap. They'll false-positive like a maniac and some will even ruin your operating system.

If you're truely sick of Norton (Symantec now) then get rid of the home edition and go with Corporate. It'll catch the bugs but doesn't suck all your resources.

[Sharktooth]

Go to the link i posted and read again.
Most of the "freebies" are identical to commercial versions, and yes, Norton Corporate still sucks.
False positives are an exception and even the best antivirus ever (kaspersky) can fail sometimes.

[garyhasbigfeet]

Go to the link i posted and read again.
Most of the "freebies" are identical to commercial versions, and yes, Norton Corporate still sucks.
False positives are an exception and even the best antivirus ever (kaspersky) can fail sometimes.
Not to spur the debate further, but your blatantly false claim that free A/V scanners are identical to commercial versions is laughable at best. There are several major differences in retail vs. free A/V software, not the least of which is large file manipulation. Try scanning a large rar/zip file with Norton Corporate then use a freebie. Which one finishes first?
;)

[Digga]

let's concentrate on decrypting issues, shall we? ;)

[blutach]

My thoughts exactly Digga. Discussions on AV progs and other software can be had in General Discussions.

Regards

[rakesh]

Hi Guys,I am reading all ur replies from the last 1 month, and I am amazed to see that no one has ever mentioned Viodentia in his post. Where is the great author of the program for the last one month? We never saw him on board after his last post on 30th September and now its the end of october. What has happened to him? Has Microsoft finaly got him, or he is still working on some new version? Kindly take some time out of ur dumb talks and try to find out where he is and what is he doing for us. He is a great guy and a great help for all of us, and dear viodentia, if you read this, plz atleast take some time from your busy schedule and life to reply us and tell us about ur health and the ongoing process on the greatest software. We all pray for ur safety and health. Take Care

[garyhasbigfeet]

I don't think Vio's absence is such a big deal simply because his last version works fantastically. :shrug:

He may be keeping a low profile. More on topic, I just started Fair4Use on another fantastic Amazon movie. :)

[n3ro]

It's not just a norton thing, my AV had a fit when trying to install undrm 2.0 (claimed it found some trojan) , but i scanned it w/ trojanhunter & it was fine...


Anyways just wanted to know if the image below is a web server error or a undrm error. thanks.

http://img15.imgspot.com/?u=/u/06/299/17/dfgo1161985596.JPG

[setarip_old]

What's "an Amazon movie"?

[Danj]

Anyways just wanted to know if the image below is a web server error or a undrm error. thanks.

http://img15.imgspot.com/?u=/u/06/299/17/dfgo1161985596.JPG

Looks like a web server error, but it sure is a weird one. Still, it says the server is running IIS, so I guess it's not that surprising. Check with your music/video provider that they are still issuing licenses for purchased content, if they have changed their configuration you might need to redownload or something.

[Danj]

Thanks for Rjamorim for graciously hosting in Brazil.
http://pessoal.onda.com.br/rjamorim/FU4WMver13.zip

Btw, does anyone know what (if anything) happened to rjamorim and his site in Brazil?

[Digga]

Btw, does anyone know what (if anything) happened to rjamorim and his site in Brazil?...sadly the link didn't hold long so I guess that he either gave in to legal threats (unlikely :) ) or, more likely, his ISP pulled the file or his account.
he was not active in the forums for a while though AFAIK. he may be just busy, on vacation or whatever he decides to do.
let's hope the best for him and all people involved :)

[rjamorim]

...sadly the link didn't hold long so I guess that he either gave in to legal threats (unlikely :) ) or, more likely, his ISP pulled the file or his account.

Second choice (of course). My ISP sucks, I screamed a lot at them, but to no avail. Seems they would rather lose a customer than ignore empty legal threats :B

he was not active in the forums for a while though AFAIK. he may be just busy, on vacation or whatever he decides to do.

Busy with school.

let's hope the best for him and all people involved :)

Thanks :)

[blutach]

Good to see you rjamorim and hope to see the files re-hosted by you soon.

Regards

[zhuwg]

Thanks

[Wilbert]

Well, i got it finally working on my W2K using WMP9 and IndivBox.key = 10.0.0.3930!!! I used FairUse4WM to get the sid/kid keys and used drm2wmv_e.exe to remove the drm (FairUse4WM didn't work for me).

[AnonymousCitizen]

This is a bit off topic, but it's bugging me. Did Microsoft purposely destroy (or allow to be destroyed) this version of DRM in favor of whatever is planned for Zune? Without destroying the current DRM, wouldn't they be almost forced by hardware and music vendors to continue to support it Zune? Now that is utterly defeated, who would care?

[unknownsoldierX]

WMP11 is out now. I'd like to install it but I don't want to lose my ability to unDRM. What the word on FU4WM and WMP11?

[ron spencer]

why use V11?

[unknownsoldierX]

why use V11?

11 is more streamlined. I use WMP to catalog my media and I like the features in v11 better.

[unknownsoldierX]

I answered my own question. I went ahead and installed WMP11 and FU4WM no longer works. When I click on the Recover Keys button, I receive the error: "IBX Version 11.0.5741.6340 isn't supported yet."

Oh well. I don't have any media to unDRM at the moment. I hope newer versions of drm2wmv and FU4WM are not too far off.

[josh2]

Extracting keys don't work, but for some reason I can un-DRM files still. With WMP11. It'd be nice to see an update though.

[unknownsoldierX]

When I try to unDRM a file, it pops up with a warning.

"d:\file.wmv requires a different private key."

The file unDRMed fine with WMP10. The key the file needs should be unchanged from before.

[UserMan]

I wrote a small C# program in VS2005 that searches your music directory for any proteced WMV files. It will then run those files against the FairUse application to remove the DRM.

After that it renames the music files to their original name. (i.e. Removes the '[NoDRM]-' tag)

It is very useful if you have your protected/non-protected content in the same folders, or if you have a lot of songs that you have PURCHASED and want to remove the DRM quickly. It successfully ran on my computer, but I don't have a lot of Play4Sure songs.

You can download the C# code here
http://s12.quicksharing.com/v/5376103/WMFMetadataReader.Source.zip.html

or the program here
http://s12.quicksharing.com/v/7227149/FAIRUSE_BATCH_APP.zip.html

I do not warrant or guarantee this program, it is free with no restrictions, create commons, etc.

You must have Windows Media Player installed on your computer, and the FAIRUSE4WM program (any version) for this to work.

This program is for educational purposes only and in no way encourages you to do anything illegal, nor download any illegal programs.

[MINz]

I answered my own question. I went ahead and installed WMP11 and FU4WM no longer works. When I click on the Recover Keys button, I receive the error: "IBX Version 11.0.5741.6340 isn't supported yet."

I'm having the same issue after I installed WMP11 final.

[buggs1a]

looks like Viodentia is gone for good.

[warload01]

I downloaded a video with DRM form a japanese website and trying to use FairUse4WM to find out the key. However, it said 'Windows Error 80030002 while finding KID in V9store'
How can i unDRM that movie?

When i try to play that video, the following image is appeared:
http://flypicture.com/display/MTk0Ng==

here is the dl link of that movie
mms://shared-st.primestage.net/bitway/mob/bird/bird_02.wmv

[Blind Melon]

I wrote a small C# program in VS2005 that searches your music directory for any proteced WMV files. It will then run those files against the FairUse application to remove the DRM.

After that it renames the music files to their original name. (i.e. Removes the '[NoDRM]-' tag)

It is very useful if you have your protected/non-protected content in the same folders, or if you have a lot of songs that you have PURCHASED and want to remove the DRM quickly. It successfully ran on my computer, but I don't have a lot of Play4Sure songs.

You can download the C# code here
http://s12.quicksharing.com/v/5376103/WMFMetadataReader.Source.zip.html

or the program here
http://s12.quicksharing.com/v/7227149/FAIRUSE_BATCH_APP.zip.html

I do not warrant or guarantee this program, it is free with no restrictions, create commons, etc.

You must have Windows Media Player installed on your computer, and the FAIRUSE4WM program (any version) for this to work.

This program is for educational purposes only and in no way encourages you to do anything illegal, nor download any illegal programs.



:thanks: Rockin' program.

[protectyoursources]

Looks like a new IBX ....

"IBX Version 11.0.5741.6340 isn't supported yet"

Looks like it comes with WMP 11 Final ,

[Danj]

Looks like a new IBX ....

"IBX Version 11.0.5741.6340 isn't supported yet"

Looks like it comes with WMP 11 Final

It does kind of seem that way doesn't it. Looks like the best advice for people is, don't install Windows Media Player 11 final if you want to continue removing DRM from your files. Don't let Microsoft trick you with their promises of streaming media to the Xbox 360, I've heard a lot of people can't get it to work anyway.

[Deihmos]

Sooner or later M$ will make it a requirement to have WM 11 to use DRM. I am certain of that. It works with the beta version but did not work with beta 2 or the final. Does not matter to me though since i will keep my napster-to-go subscription.

[rdn98]

help I get that same error with the ibx with wmp11 final

Anybody know where I can get the earlier beta versions?
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Nevermind, I found the wmp11 beta 1. Anyway, before I used to use the URGE music service in conjunction with fairuse4wm, and the songs I got was fine.

I guess now when I try to use URGE on beta1, I can't download any music from URGE. I am forced to upgrade to v11 final. When I do that, any songs I download, I cannot seem to strip off the drm with fairuse4wm because I get an error about "Unhandled exception -9000" something. Plus, version 1.3 gives me error about the IBX version.

Similiarly, v1.1 fairuse4wm doesn't work on stripping the drm either.

If anybody can show me how to strip the drm from wmp11 final with the urge music service, I'd greatly appreciate it.

[mwsmith824]

looks like Viodentia is gone for good.

Probably not gone for good, but he's proven he can do it. They patched around it, he did it again. I doubt there's any intellectual challenge left to continuing the cat and mouse game. Especially since they're trying to make him the mouse in the legal system. Why bother with the headaches.

Unfortunately it means MP11 is unusable if you want to keep exercising your fair use rights until someone else comes along and does it again.

[buggs1a]

Gone for good to me says no updates and no more posting on this site. he's been gone over a month so I'm thinking he won't be back, :((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((

[rdn98]

or maybe he is working on new model?

[buggs1a]

rdn98, haha, i doubt that!!

[rdn98]

You never know, but if MS and the rest of the corporate world is after me for cracking DRM, then I'd probably run and hide too. :)

[Deihmos]

I would do the same plus i think it was some kind of inside job because he did it too easily. Why is it called fairuse? A program that allows you to download 2 million tracks without paying a cent cannot be considered fairuse.

[setarip_old]

@Deihmos

Hi!

It sounds like you've misunderstood the stated purpose of the program...

[Deihmos]

@Deihmos

Hi!

It sounds like you've misunderstood the stated purpose of the program...


And what might be the stated purpose be really? You really don't think the masses will use it for the 'stated' purpose do you

Why do you think a lawsuit was issued? this is bigger than P2P applications.

[blutach]

Let's keep on topic here please people.

Regards

[Danj]

And what might be the stated purpose be really? You really don't think the masses will use it for the 'stated' purpose do you

I think that if viodentia could have restricted FairUse4WM from working on subscription/rental files he probably would have. I imagine the license expiry and the DRM are tied up together, in much the same way that the copy protection and region protection are on a PS2, so you have to install a mod chip if you want to play imported original discs, even if you're not interested in piracy.

[monkey boy]

I have made a determination to the effect that existing logic embedded inside fairuse4wm suffices for the individualized components contained within microsoft's latest release of wmp11.

While I disavow all authorship claims to the original code; please allow my presentation of a executable patch to fairuse4wm enabling this support

http://storeandserve.com/download/573983/fu4wm13fix.zip.html
http://maxshare.4000webs.com/download.php?file=a2ca51a601f525c0617a9bce4867c022
http://www.ex0.biz/uploads/1106/1163043340.zip
51cceb20d7d600c6e1c982f86d968061 *fu4wm13fix.exe

fairuse4wm has been corrupted by reversing upx compression and redacting these locations, provided by me as hexa offset, starting value and finalized result
0004238D: 75 90
0004238E: 08 90
00042395: 74 EB
00042909: 04 24
00085444: 00 66
00085446: 00 69
00085448: 00 78

[trence]

Anyone try this yet?

[josh2]

monkey boy, thanks a TON. Works flawlessly.