FairUse4WM - a WM/DRM removal program

[lpm]

... Until then, you can use "fairuse4wm" to get the encryption keys and use drm2wmv to decrypt ( right-click on the files)

Let's clarify the steps involved in this process:

1) First you need to obtain the keys (KID/SID) for the DRM'ed file.

Fire up FairUse4VM
Drag and Drop the DRM'ed file into the FairUse4VM Windows
Right click on the filename of the DRM'ed file in the FairUse4VM window and select "KID/SID"
Copy everything between <KID> and </SID> into the clipboard

2) Use drm2wmv (ed2k://|file|drm2wmv.exe|87552|f653367a8d03bff546c7374caa39fcb9|) to make the file device-independent

Create a text file drm.key, paste the KID/SID into it and add the DRM2WMV tag (and optionally an INFO tag) as such:<DRM2WMV2>
<KID>VeY*ap0pAEiCgoMmIZ43GQ==</KID>
<SID>sdhtUExMi/atMjFIxpXnFPQBdio=</SID>
<INFO>I'll be back</INFO>
</DRM2WMV2>

Place drm.key in a subdirectory called drm2, and place drm2wmv.exe in the same directory as drm2.
Drag and Drop the DRM'ed file onto drm2wmv.exe

[mayang]

How exactly do you do that ? (I.e., what are the specific steps to use FairUse4VM to extract KID/SID but not to decrypt, and use drm2wmv to decrypt? )

I know how to use drm2wmv but I don't know how to get FairUse4VM to display the KID/SID for a DRM'ed file.

Welcome!!! lpm
A future version should have a more tolerant ASF parser
Until then, you can use "fairuse4wm" to get the encryption keys and use drm2wmv to decrypt ( right-click on the files)
Or, for those with programming inclinations, it's possible to rewrite the ASF file to be conformant without knowing the encryption keys.

( right-click on the files)

[wschlessman]

Been wanting to download FairUse4WM but, can't seem to find a site that has it. Would seem from what has been said here that it is available on Doom9 but, I can't seem to find it. Any help out there?

setrip_old, Found it right after I posted this.
Thanks :-)

[setarip_old]

Hi!I can't seem to find itYou'll find the link in post #2 of this thread...

[chuckyboy5]

Hi guys, I downloaded this program a few weeks back and it was working great, now for some reason it won't work any longer. When ever I try to unDRM a video file of mine I get an error message that says "no license available for specified file" The thing is I do own the license to the files, it has worked before, and WM Player doesn't even pop up like it used to, to try and recover the license, I just get this message by default for every video file I have now.

Is there any solution to this? I've already tried uninstalling the program and reinstalling, and I've deleted the black-box file. I'm just confused why it would work one day, and not the next. Is there maybe a new security device that they're putting in the files now?

Thanks for any help I can get,
Chuckyboy5



@chuckyboy5
You download FairUse4WM a few weeks ago? Version 1.3 just has been released 3 days ago. Download the latest one, refer to the first page from this thread for download link.



I've tried the new version as well as the old version and it's the same problem. Ironically it was the older version, 1.2 I think, that worked for files from the same source at first. Any other suggestions?

[garyhasbigfeet]

Been wanting to download FairUse4WM but, can't seem to find a site that has it. Would seem from what has been said here that it is available on Doom9 but, I can't seem to find it. Any help out there?
There's like 10 links right above your post...

[odyssey]

What to do when files are not one-play, plays fine in WMP10, and only some files from the same album "... does not appear to be licensed to you"? And yes I DID pay for the damn thing, now I want to actually use it!

[protectyoursources]

What to do when files are not one-play, plays fine in WMP10, and only some files from the same album "... does not appear to be licensed to you"? And yes I DID pay for the damn thing, now I want to actually use it!:search: Search the Forums .. About 2 pages back I think .

[odyssey]

:search: Search the Forums .. About 2 pages back I think .

:angry: Read my post and read the thread if you want to be smart! i did - several times, hence I post now!

about the "<path>.wmv does not appear to be licensed to you." msg...
I have the lincense.I can oben the file in wmp10 - it asks for the license.Then it says "License Installed - Please click on the Play Button below".Working...
I extractet the keys with fairuse4wm ..found 2 keys.

Extraction in progress on "Indivbox.key" 11.0.5497.6285 -- Please wait.
Phase 0 : Blocks: 1335 Large 6 Small, Errors: 0,0 Candidates: 6,3,2
AES KEY: 9e 47 24 a7 82 65 90 fb ef cf 14 4a 56 4c 38 f8
Testing 1794 possibilities for primary private key.
Completed. Primary and 1 secondary ECC key recovered (0 bogus).

Then i added the file tryed so many times to undrm but every time "does not appear to be licensed to you" blaaaaahhh

clicked it again and again.Then it works Oo
So why does it works only sometimes?bug?

You are very likely running into a "one play" license. FairUse4WM only works if you have a license and doesn't have the ability (... yet ... ) to ask the servers for a new license.

The solution to this is let FairUse4WM use the license instead of Media Player - by acquiring but not playing the file.
- Set your media player to ALWAYS PROMPT before acquiring a license. You should have this as your common setting anyway, because it will save you from folks using the DRM URL to deliver IE Exploits.
- Open the file in Media Player and acquire the license, but DON'T click play
- While the dialog is open you should be able to use FairUse4WM on that file. You can also exit Media Player (Click close) and collect licenses for multiple files.

A future version of FairUse4WM will probably include code to request the licenses from the server -- especially if anyone happens to be handy with Wireshark and a debugger (The IBX encrypts part of the string with the server's public key - you'd need to "fix" that or otherwise extract the temporary key it creates).

Version 1.3 shouldn't have this problem, but .. There's a few things you can do.
A future version of FairUse4WM will verify the content key better. It's likely that you are running into a case where a provider reuses the same KID multiple times -- but with a different content key each time! Try running this while prompting for a license, that may help get the "correct" content key.

If that doesn't help, plese send a PM with more details

It's NOT a one-play license, as I stated - I can play it as many times I want, and the properties says unrestricted, also why would an audio album have different license restrictions?

[blutach]

Let's have cooler tempers please.

Regards

[Sharktooth]

Another mirror can't be a bad thing:
http://www.webalice.it/f.corriga/misc/FU4WMver13.zip

Let's have cooler tempers please.

Regards
However he's right, the 2nd post link doesnt work.

[blutach]

Be that as it may, we should always be polite to each other.

Regards

[Sharktooth]

Im at home with flu so im actually quite polite...
But im much less polite when im stressed by my job.
Everyone has his own crappy day...
However more mirrors are welcome since i dont know how much time i can keep it up...

[nfm]

Mirror - Version 1.3 (http://www.zeroangel.ch/XP64_ua_cd_pack/nfmfiles/other/FU4WMver13.zip)

[HostFat]

Does it support WinXP 64Bit ?
It gives this error: ibx components do not appear to be present
If not, can you add the support about the 64bit version?

[RichW]

I'm kind of a newbee here but I was hoping someone could help me with this one.
I am using FairUse4WM v1.3 and amd getting an error when trying to remove the drm.
The DrmClien.DLL version is 10.0.0.3802
The IndivBox.key version is 10.0.0.3930
After I play a song and close WM I get an error...
"Unhandled situation -9020 while Creating Windows Media instance." I tried this on a bunch of songs (all of which I own) but always get the same error. I downloaded a few samples from ezdrm.com but I always get the warning that the song requires a different private key.

Is there something I need to do in addition to running FairUse4WM? I was able to get this to work at work (don't remember the file versions - yes I downloaded songs at work) without a problem but can't get it to work at home. I've tried different songs but cannot get it to work. Please help...Thanks

[linx05]

Remember it's up on FileForum too: link (http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/FairUse4WM/1156529648/1).

[UsedUser]

I'm kind of a newbee here but I was hoping someone could help me with this one.
I am using FairUse4WM v1.3 and amd getting an error when trying to remove the drm.
The DrmClien.DLL version is 10.0.0.3802
The IndivBox.key version is 10.0.0.3930
After I play a song and close WM I get an error...
"Unhandled situation -9020 while Creating Windows Media instance." I tried this on a bunch of songs (all of which I own) but always get the same error. I downloaded a few samples from ezdrm.com but I always get the warning that the song requires a different private key.

On one of my machines, I get the same errors with the same file versions you have.

Per this post (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=880967#post880967), I was going to re-individualize to see if the keys could be extracted as secondary keys, but I haven't fully decided on it, as I can't re-download these particular files or get licenses for them again.

Do you have files you could re-download and re-acquire licenses for? If so, you could re-individualize and try FU4WM again. Back up your C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\DRM folder before re-individualizing, in case you need to restore it later.

After you re-individualize, try to unDRM your files first, before acquiring any new licenses. If it doesn't work, then try acquiring new licenses. You could also try dropping the files into the list in FU4WM, right-clicking and getting the key info, and then using that with drm2wmv, but it won't work for me (no private key found for the files).

[monkeygrudge]

using ver. 1.3 to convert, i get following:

UNABLE TO DECRYPT: Error writing 8948 bytes (155) at offset 1499136 in file ...

i tried new keys for files, no luck.

when i logged on to a certain service, it first updated wmp11.

ideas?

i tried to undrm files i had just dloaded.

[odyssey]

Does it support WinXP 64Bit ?
It gives this error: ibx components do not appear to be present
If not, can you add the support about the 64bit version?

x64 has excellent support for 32bit applications, and I'm running it without problems. Did you try this on a 32bit Windows, to see if it reproduces the same error?

I'm still in problems with a few of my audio files with 1.3: Properties of the files claim they are unrestricted and therefore not "one-play"-files. They however, work fine in WMP. It's only happening to a few files from the same album, and I have not had problems with files bought from other stores.

Error is "... does not appear to be licensed to you"

[prostaferesi]

Hi to all,

I just wanna try FU4WMver 1.3 but I can't find some files with drm. Please give me some link where I can download a drm file.
bye

[odyssey]

I just wanna try FU4WMver 1.3 but I can't find some files with drm. Please give me some link where I can download a drm file.
bye

That, however was mentioned in the very first post:

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.

[endeffects]

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[prostaferesi]

That, however was mentioned in the very first post:

Thanks so much

[MINz]

One of my clients PC had a motherboard with leaking capacitors. After about an hour his machine would start to flake out.

Over the past year he spent hundreds of dollars purchasing music via his online service. Since he used WMP10 I tried to backup his license and restore it on his new system....surprise it didn't work.

So thanks to viodentia amazing FairUseWM, my client was able to recover the music he paid for and save himself hundreds of dollars. What a classic example of this tool's ability to protect my clients fair use rights.

Thanks viodentia! Keep up the good work we are all behind you.

[RichW]

Thanks UsedUser for your reply -

I'm still a bit confused though. I was hoping I could just find the keys and convert the files but I guess nothing in life is easy. All I want to do is back up MY music in its original format in case my machine dies.

I believe I have the licenses on my machine since I can play the songs. I can't redownload them unless I contact them (Walmart.com). I was hoping to get this to work without having to download the songs again.

I really don't want to update my WMP just in case I can still remove the DRM with the version I have now. I individualized with the files from ezdrm.com, do I need to continue doing this each time?

I got a copy of drm2wmv but I'm not really sure how to use it. I looked at pages and pages in the forums and it's not really that straightforward.

I'm not sure I want to screw around with the files in my DRM folder because if I hose them up, I'm really screwed.

If you or anyone else has any other suggestions in solving this "Unhandled situation -9020 while Creating Windows Media instance." error, I would really appreciate it. Thanks

[prostaferesi]

Hello,

where can I find some informations about encoding process of Microsoft DRM. I just wanna know how it works.
bye

[Yusaku]

Hello,

where can I find some informations about encoding process of Microsoft DRM. I just wanna know how it works.
bye

You can start by reading this thread. Viodentia posted a link with very detailed description of the process...

[resource]

Because of it, myself and two other friends are paying members of Yahoo! Unlimited.

DRM makes online music very unappealing.
They don't get that.

Is it possible to have FairUse4WM remember the file path in its next version?

Hate to seem whiny, but that really is the only flaw with the program.

Thanks.

[JasonFly]

Thanks for this great tool which managed to remove drm from wmv files that I bought from two french vod websites(canalplay and tf1vision)
:thanks:

[blutach]

Hate to seem whiny, but that really is the only flaw with the program.I don't call that a flaw - it's merely an inconvenience which I am sure viodentia will take account of when he has time.

Regards

[protectyoursources]

Because of it, myself and two other friends are paying members of Yahoo! Unlimited.

DRM makes online music very unappealing.
They don't get that.

Is it possible to have FairUse4WM remember the file path in its next version?

Hate to seem whiny, but that really is the only flaw with the program.

Thanks.

Yahoo Music is one of the companies that does get it (http://ymusicblog.com/blog/2006/02/25/dave-goldberg-to-record-labels-no-drm-please/) and Ian Rogers one of the Main Product managers at Yahoo Music despises DRM big time (http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-FDuiCSg4eqinB8z.GGJ7TmAz?p=613) .

Yahoo Music released a Jessica Simpson song (http://ymusicblog.com/blog/2006/07/19/buy-a-customized-jessica-simpson-mp3-at-yahoo-music/) without DRM for for $1.98 that had your name embeded in it as a promotion and Jesse Macartney's recent album (http://ymusicblog.com/blog/2006/09/19/how-do-you-want-it/) was released as MP3 on Yahoo for $9.99 (Jesse Macartney is released on Hollywood records, a Disney company)

If you really hate DRM that much get a eMusic (http://www.emusic.com/) subscription that will get you 90 MP3s a month for $19.95 .
(eMusic is the second biggest online retailer of online Music after iTunes)

[prostaferesi]

You can start by reading this thread. Viodentia posted a link with very detailed description of the process...

Hello,
Thanks for the answer.
Do you mean this? :
http://www.cs.arizona.edu/solar/papers/CCS2003.pdf
posted by viodentia in the first page.

That pdf doesn't describe Microsoft drm encoding process.
Maybe you mean another post.
Please let me know, I can't find it.

[Yusaku]

Hello,
Thanks for the answer.
Do you mean this? :
http://www.cs.arizona.edu/solar/papers/CCS2003.pdf
posted by viodentia in the first page.
2 minutes of searching:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=114436

[TheVMan]

Because of it, myself and two other friends are paying members of Yahoo! Unlimited.

DRM makes online music very unappealing.
They don't get that.



Same here, every since this came out, I've had 3 of my friends sign up to Urge for the first time. And I already had a subscription and I still continue to keep it. I love to be able to download the songs I want that I paid for and keep them.

[sonicbox]

You shouldn't mention services by name here. Also, you *can* keep DRM'd music if you purchased the tracks instead of using the "subscription" model. This tool really wasn't designed to abuse the subscription model. It was designed to free your purchased content.

[sonicbox]

Since he used WMP10 I tried to backup his license and restore it on his new system....surprise it didn't work.That's only for DRM you created yourself. To restore purchased content DRM to other systems, you need to use the application/process provided by the vendor. Most services allow 5 PCs at one time, and will allow you to deauthorize old systems, too. Anyway, it's moot.

[Yogi2k7]

hi guys
Fair use 4 wm is a great tool to get rid of that <censored> DRM Crap so i done my part and add an another miurror for the 1.3 version

here the link
http://rapidshare.de/files/35219869/FU4WMver13.zip.html

greetings

yogi

[raisincain]

I don't know if this is unusual or not, but 1.1 still works on my computer. Should I just ride it out or upgrade? My service has done it's upgrades and my computer has been rebooted several times. But it still works.

[supergirl260]

I don't know if this is unusual or not, but 1.1 still works on my computer. Should I just ride it out or upgrade? My service has done it's upgrades and my computer has been rebooted several times. But it still works.

you you should update since you probly will have too sooner or later besides many things have changed in the new versions

[garyhasbigfeet]

I don't know if this is unusual or not, but 1.1 still works on my computer. Should I just ride it out or upgrade? My service has done it's upgrades and my computer has been rebooted several times. But it still works.
If it still works that means Microsoft hasn't hit you with the patch. You can use it or upgrade. It doesn't really matter until you install that patch.

You won't see an difference with the upgrade.

[celicagt1993]

here's an idea on how to improve this program. i download alot of music at a time, and it would be great to have the options to do this. Search your entire music library folder for protected WMA's, convert them all, and restore them back in the same folder and have the option to over write the original without the [nondrm] on the front.

[JoernP]

I'm still in problems with a few of my audio files with 1.3: Properties of the files claim they are unrestricted and therefore not "one-play"-files. They however, work fine in WMP. It's only happening to a few files from the same album, and I have not had problems with files bought from other stores.

Error is "... does not appear to be licensed to you"

It may not be of any help, but I'm having the same problems.
I bought and downloaded some albums, WMP picked up the licenses and is able to play all songs.
But FairUse4WM (tried v. 1.2 and 1.3) tells me, that some files from an album don't seem to be licensed to me, while it rips the DRM perfectly from other songs of the same album.
Also I can't use these files to recover keys ("No license available for specified file").

Instead I removed the DRM by burning a CD with the DRM'ed files and ripped them back.
(I know there are other tools to do this job, but I don't want to spend money on them because usually I don't buy music online.)

[setarip_old]

Instead I removed the DRM by burning a CD with the DRM'ed files and ripped them back.Forgive my ignorance but, it really can't be that simple, can it?

How does this simple procedure remove the DRM?

[sonicbox]

Forgive my ignorance but, it really can't be that simple, can it?

How does this simple procedure remove the DRM? Uh, yes it's that simple. All/most purchased (non-subscription) DRM audio content is burnable to CD. Once it's on an Audio CD, there is no copy protection.

[JoernP]

Forgive my ignorance but, it really can't be that simple, can it?

How does this simple procedure remove the DRM?

Well, there are some requirements and conditions that have to be met.
First of all it only works with applications that can handle DRM (like Windows Media Player & Napster). A normal CD burning program will not work.
And then the license has to allow you to burn a CD from the file. There is a field in the license header which can forbid it (subscription services are using this feature).

I think this option has been implemented to allow people to listen to their (bought and legal) music on "normal" CD-players (which of course don't know anything about DRM).
Once you have a "normal" CD it's no problem to rip it to any (unprotected) format you like.

[protectyoursources]

It may not be of any help, but I'm having the same problems.
I bought and downloaded some albums, WMP picked up the licenses and is able to play all songs.
But FairUse4WM (tried v. 1.2 and 1.3) tells me, that some files from an album don't seem to be licensed to me, while it rips the DRM perfectly from other songs of the same album.
Also I can't use these files to recover keys ("No license available for specified file").

Instead I removed the DRM by burning a CD with the DRM'ed files and ripped them back.
(I know there are other tools to do this job, but I don't want to spend money on them because usually I don't buy music online.)
:search:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=881126#post881126

[Qwertie]

I can't get past the opening screen (that says "This program will extract the personally identifiable information..."). I click "Recover Keys" which produces the error "IBX components do not appear to be present". Upon clicking OK, the following message appears:

'Attempting to recover DRMv1 keys

FairUse4WM will use a WM-installed DLL to determine system specific information.

"DrmClien.DLL" has version 9.0.0.3287'

It doesn't matter whether I push OK, Cancel or Skip because nothing happens. In any case I stay on the program's opening screen.

By the way, this is on Windows 2000 SP4, and I have WMA tracks bought from PureTracks.

[mayang]

I can't get past the opening screen (that says "This program will extract the personally identifiable information..."). I click "Recover Keys" which produces the error "IBX components do not appear to be present".

You need to apply individualization first. Or another word, apply security upgrade to enable playing DRM v2 protected content. Read from previous post you will understand how to apply it. Download any sample drm v2 media from ezdrm.com or another place. Play the file then WMP will ask you to apply security upgrade, click ok and then IBX will be downloaded to your computer. Then it will present in C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\DRM...

[HostFat]

It doesn't work with my WinXP 64Bit.
There must be a problem / bug ...