how can I remove the copyright stuff thats on a audio file?

Question

becouse i downloaded something and i can play it on the computer but the copyright stuff wont let me burn it to a cd or let me put it on my ipod so i just want a program that yall use to get rid of this problem i dont care if its against the law or not so please help me out cause this is annoying

its was downloaded for bearshare

Answer 1

There are a few things you can do. You could go to a warez site for look for a DRM crack, but those are rare, and many of the warez sites will breach your browser security and install spyware on your system, so I wouldn't suggest that. Your could also get a recording program like Total Recorder (paid) or dBpower amp (free) which would allow you to play the song and record it off your sound card (third party, like a Creative Sound Blaster, or integrated, as in the one that came with your motherboard). The downside to this is that for one thing these programs can only record in real-time, so it will take as long to record the song as it does to play through it. The biggest drawback is that you will lose sound quality. Any time you make a digital (the original music file) to analog (sound card) to digital (new non-DRM music file) recording, you will lose sound quality. How much? That depends on the quality of your sound card and the format of the original music file (uncompressed .WAV vs crappy, highly compressed .WMA, or so-so .MP3).
Fortunately, if you're willing to spend about $30 you can find a program that will make a true digital to digital recording with no DRM and no sound loss. Plus it records quickly. You just have to be using a PC (no Macs) and have Windows Media Player 9 or later, which everyone with XP should.
http://www.muvaudio.com/
I use it, the program's legal (depending on what you use it for), and it works great. Easy to set up and use as well. You can download a trial version, just to see if it will work on your system, but it leaves a voice saying "This is a trial version" on every recording you make. To remove it, you have to pay. So it depends if your music is worth the $30 for the program.
Hope this helps

Answer 2

It would have helped more if you had stated where it was downloaded from so that we can look at their method of DRM.

It doesn't get much better than iTunes. The limitations are reasonable enough that you can do just about whatever you want with the files.