Comments on: Analog Whole removes DRM from your music files http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2006/10/28/analog-whole-removes-drm-from-your-music-files/ News, Insights, and Humour Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:54:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Saskboy http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2006/10/28/analog-whole-removes-drm-from-your-music-files/#comment-254021 Saskboy Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:43:58 +0000 http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2006/10/28/analog-whole-removes-drm-from-your-music-files/#comment-254021 Thanks for the tip about Analog Whole. Of course, my article is old, and I've never used the actual program, I just wanted the concept out there for people to hear. I'm attempting to reframe DRM as Digital Restrictions Management, because that's a better description of what it is/does. Thanks for noticing :-) Thanks for the tip about Analog Whole. Of course, my article is old, and I’ve never used the actual program, I just wanted the concept out there for people to hear.

I’m attempting to reframe DRM as Digital Restrictions Management, because that’s a better description of what it is/does. Thanks for noticing :-)

]]> By: freddyzdead http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2006/10/28/analog-whole-removes-drm-from-your-music-files/#comment-253943 freddyzdead Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:46:10 +0000 http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2006/10/28/analog-whole-removes-drm-from-your-music-files/#comment-253943 P.S. I suppose it doesn't really matter because they've closed the Analog Hole with the HD Audio Bus, which is just a euphemism for Yet More DRM. Thanks, Bill. Micro$oft has become so powerful that they can now tell the likes of Intel what to do. P.S. I suppose it doesn’t really matter because they’ve closed the Analog Hole with the HD Audio Bus, which is just a euphemism for Yet More DRM. Thanks, Bill. Micro$oft has become so powerful that they can now tell the likes of Intel what to do.

]]> By: freddyzdead http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2006/10/28/analog-whole-removes-drm-from-your-music-files/#comment-253939 freddyzdead Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:39:50 +0000 http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2006/10/28/analog-whole-removes-drm-from-your-music-files/#comment-253939 FYI DRM means Digital RIGHTS Management; If this is really a piss-take, then I apologize. It doesn't look like one. I'm worried about this program, as it inexplicably comes wrapped in the InstallShield wrapper which, you might know, comes from none other than those scum Macrovision lowlifes. I can't begin to imagine why someone distributing an anti-DRM program would do such a thing. The other thing is that the program comes with no docs of any sort, nothing at all. If you try to install it on a system that has no Windows Media Player, it will fail partway through, but will give you absolutely no indication that anything is wrong. Not only that, but it will not appear in Add/Remove Programs, so you will not know whether or not it left anything behind after you deleted it. This is not good. There could be other nasty things; I strongly recommend you stay away from this. There are lots of other utilities which will do the same job. -freddy FYI DRM means Digital RIGHTS Management; If this is really a piss-take, then I apologize. It doesn’t look like one.

I’m worried about this program, as it inexplicably comes wrapped in the InstallShield wrapper which, you might know, comes from none other than those scum Macrovision lowlifes. I can’t begin to imagine why someone distributing an anti-DRM program would do such a thing.

The other thing is that the program comes with no docs of any sort, nothing at all. If you try to install it on a system that has no Windows Media Player, it will fail partway through, but will give you absolutely no indication that anything is wrong. Not only that, but it will not appear in Add/Remove Programs, so you will not know whether or not it left anything behind after you deleted it.

This is not good. There could be other nasty things; I strongly recommend you stay away from this. There are lots of other utilities which will do the same job.

-freddy

]]> By: Saskboy http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2006/10/28/analog-whole-removes-drm-from-your-music-files/#comment-7890 Saskboy Sun, 29 Oct 2006 15:28:10 +0000 http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2006/10/28/analog-whole-removes-drm-from-your-music-files/#comment-7890 "Liberal" maybe you could learn to spell "you're" before giving advice that doesn't make sense since I don't even link to an NDP blogroll. “Liberal” maybe you could learn to spell “you’re” before giving advice that doesn’t make sense since I don’t even link to an NDP blogroll.

]]> By: liberal http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2006/10/28/analog-whole-removes-drm-from-your-music-files/#comment-7879 liberal Sun, 29 Oct 2006 04:43:43 +0000 http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2006/10/28/analog-whole-removes-drm-from-your-music-files/#comment-7879 Maybe if your a green you should leave liberal and ndp blog rolls Maybe if your a green you should leave liberal and ndp blog rolls

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