So, apparently Urge died.

Nakatomi2010

So, awhile back I had my wife buy her MP3s from Urge rather than iTunes figuring, you know, Microsoft wouldn't let it die, I mean it's in windows Meida Player...

So, Urge had DRM on their songs, and was bought/merged/whatever into Rhapsody. Thinking rhapsody would import and such, I figure "Hey why not", and installed it to see if it would make a difference. It didn't.


So, how do I strip the DRM from songs that can no longer be played due to the service of which I would be getting the licenses from being no longer in service.....

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Psychotic One

If you can burn them as an audio cd you could probably then use an extractor like itunes to copy them back to the computer as .mp3

ApexMirage

You legally own them, so would it not be legal to simply download them elsewhere?

DrFrylock

ApexMirage wrote: »

You legally own them, so would it not be legal to simply download them elsewhere?

No, it would not.

Additionally, you don't own the songs, you took a license on them. I'm not sure what the terms of your license were. It may be that your license has now expired and, well, that's it.

IANAL, but I don't think that breaking copy protection for this reason is one of the DMCA exceptions, so circumventing the copy protection is likely also illegal.

ASimPerson

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URGE_%28digital_music_service%29#URGE_.26_Rhapsody_Merger

According to this you need to manually redownload the songs in Rhapsody or some such. Anyway, this is all part of the fun of DRM. Good luck!

DrFrylock

Also according to the Rhapsody-Urge FAQ:

Q: I purchased tracks and albums through URGE. Can I play them in Rhapsody?

A: URGE-purchased tracks can be imported into and played on Rhapsody. For instructions on how to import tracks, click here. If you are having trouble importing or playing your purchased tracks in Rhapsody, please contact Rhapsody Customer Support.

Dark_Side

DrFrylock wrote: »

Also according to the Rhapsody-Urge FAQ:

Q: I purchased tracks and albums through URGE. Can I play them in Rhapsody?

A: URGE-purchased tracks can be imported into and played on Rhapsody. For instructions on how to import tracks, click here. If you are having trouble importing or playing your purchased tracks in Rhapsody, please contact Rhapsody Customer Support.

I should point out that as a rhapsody user for several years now, they have a horrible track record with technical help and batshit crazy glitches. I would guess the odds of you being able to actually import those tracks are low. Their forums are usually full of real answers by other posters in how to fix problems though.

Wulf

Also, might want to think about cutting your losses and swallowing that anti-apple pride and just going with iTunes. Its good. Really. Not to mention its part of Apple's backbone of services at this point, so unless the company suddenly stops turning a profit for the next two decades, its not going anywhere.

Ganluan

Wulf wrote: »

Also, might want to think about cutting your losses and swallowing that anti-apple pride and just going with iTunes. Its good. Really. Not to mention its part of Apple's backbone of services at this point, so unless the company suddenly stops turning a profit for the next two decades, its not going anywhere.

Well, that and the fact that almost every song on iTunes is DRM-free now.

Hlubocky

Every time I look at Amazon ,they are having a crazy sale on their mp3 music. I know the iTunes songs are DRM free, but who wants that AAC stuff anyway?