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FairUse4WM successfully strips Windows Media DRM

25 August 2006 11:06 by Dave "Davedough" Horvath | 53 comments

FairUse4WM successfully strips Windows Media DRM A fairly new application called FairUse4WM has been generating buzz lately as it can single handedly and quite easily strip the DRM placed on Windows Media content for WM 10 and 11.

DRM encryption, as we all know is placed on certain files that prohibits its use on other devices and/or sharing the media file amongst others. Up until now, several applications have come and gone claiming they can successfully strip the DRM standard and allow subscription based videos for Windows Media to be used on several devices. Several websites, including yours truly, have tested the FairUse4WM application and found that it does in fact, very easily strip the DRM and allow said video to be transferred to another device.

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    DVDBack23 (Staff Member) 30 August 2006 16:24 Send private message to this user   
    i need to give immense praise to "viodentia" for creating this stripper app.

    Vampyr3 (Newbie) 30 August 2006 18:34 Send private message to this user   
    I agree.. I give him Big UP Props too.. and my IPOD thanks him too :)


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    samintx (Member) 1 September 2006 10:04 Send private message to this user   
    The URL given doesn't show Fairuse4WM....what am I missing on your URL?
    craftyzan (Member) 1 September 2006 20:59 Send private message to this user   
    The power of the so called "Darknet" is evolving.
    vudoo (Member) 1 September 2006 23:28 Send private message to this user   
    I've been sort of reading the dark net forems for quite sometime. And also been chatting with a few good men. I can tell you that the moment MS comes up with a fix that it will be cracked. Tunebite for an example does not depend on any black box whatever. It was used way before this little app was invented. Its way slower, but still works with no loss that I can see or hear. So billy boy can just sit and cry. And so can Steve Jobs because this same app cracks iTunes too. Again its a little slower than fairuse4wm. DRM is a Joke and even MS knows it. It was a matter of time.

    This may be off topic but remember when I posted an idea about Ads Enforcement management (AEM)? Well looks like Spiralfrog.com has taken my idea and ran with it. And even some readers of Slyck and Afterdawn.com thought it would not work. Well in the month of Dec we'll see how well it will work and with this new cracking tool yoou'll be able to crack the DRM but not the AEM. So the entertainment industry and maybe some of you users can thank Voodoohippie for such a great idea that was copied and no royalties were given to me by the way.

    Voodoohippie
    (Defender of FREE cyberspace)

    Haven't used that in a while.
    cdd1234 (Inactive) 2 September 2006 8:10 Send private message to this user   
    Micro$not will just patch it ..... and it'll b hacked again. And so ... the FIGHT CONTINUES .... :)
    wong99 (Newbie) 4 September 2006 14:36 Send private message to this user   
    I was forced today to upgrade the programm with which I can lent digitally music from a library. And it was no surprise to me that FairUse4Wm didn't work any longer with the newly downloaded files. So the library must have used the Microsoft patch to kill FairUse4WM.

    I'm curious when the next patch to get rid of DRM will appear ....
    Vampyr3 (Newbie) 4 September 2006 15:00 Send private message to this user   
    So far so Good, with the service I'm using...
    vudoo (Member) 4 September 2006 19:38 Send private message to this user   
    @wong99

    Did you get the update to fairuse4wm? its now at 1.2. and yes it works still on two services I have files from and even video. So again they lost.

    becides Tunebite will always crack both the audio and video for months to come. Because it does not depend on the IBX method like fairuse4wm. So even if and that is a BIG if they were to be able to stop fairuse4wm they still have a long way to go to stop Tunebite. So dream on DRM kings dream on DRM IS A JOKE and the laugh is on them. Oh yea how can they depend on M$ when they can't even come up with an operating system that has no bugs in the source code and how long has Windows been out? I rest my case. Laugh My A$$ Off.
    wong99 (Newbie) 4 September 2006 20:50 Send private message to this user   
    Hey vudoo, you're right. I did use 1.1. My service still works with 1.2. Thanks for drawing my attention to version 1.2.

    :)
    craftyzan (Member) 4 September 2006 21:05 Send private message to this user   
    If the people can put a stop to Vietnam, the people can put a stop to DRM.
    vudoo (Member) 5 September 2006 22:22 Send private message to this user   
    Damn straight. I've told many people when this crap first started in 2003 that they need to join EFF and fight to the bitter end against anti fair use. And becides you can use AEM (Ads Enforcement) to pay the artists. And well spiralfrog.com finally copied my idea and made it available to the public. The entertainment industry will see that there is $$ to be made via this type of service. So much that I bet most people will shy away from Limewire, Ares, Kazaa (crap most smart people don't use that anymore) and go the legal route (although they'll use fairuse4wm 1.2 or higher) and get their content from a virus free service.

    At first many people made fun of me. Now its time we can all stand firm. Thanks to the creator of fairuse4wm and I know his code name but won't give it out here. I hope of he's reading this that he'll continue posting the updates and keep using anonymous proxies that change like a gatling gun.
    Dombo (Junior Member) 10 September 2006 9:47 Send private message to this user   
    Hi
    i am wondering if anyone can help me, i have the T2 HD DVD since last christmas and i have been unable to play it die the the fact of DRM technology and i live in Ireland, it tells me coz i dont live in the US i cant have a license to play it.
    i noticed you said you backed urs up, do you know of anyway i could play my dvd using this software, or even any other way to play it.

    Many Thanks

    Dom
    proffesor (Newbie) 15 September 2006 11:25 Send private message to this user   
    Can anyone direct me to a link to download this software that is current.
    ydkjman (Member) 23 September 2006 8:38 Send private message to this user   
    Is this still working for every one? I recently had to reinstall windows and now it's not working.
    Vampyr3 (Newbie) 23 September 2006 9:53 Send private message to this user   
    It's working fine for me on the serice I use.. I have NOT done any updates to windows in the past month though.. so I'm guessing your ok if you dont do a windows update...

    I'm behind a firewall and linux box firewall so it's all good...



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    JSLee (Inactive) 15 October 2006 7:40 Send private message to this user   
    Using WM 10, and tried to use FairUse4WM 1.3(?) got an error of IBX components not found. Any suggestions?
    vudoo (Member) 16 October 2006 20:39 Send private message to this user   
    I'm using 1.3 with WMP 10 and it works great. If your trying to crack WMP 11 I think your gonna find it harder. I believe that there will be newer updates to Fairuse4WM soon.

    @ Dom

    If you want to play DvD's anywhere in the world without a Region code you'll need to use AnyDVD to crack the CSS code and to take any Prohibitions in user operations. This is why I dissagree with any sort of copy protection because it is not compatible with all devices in every situation.
    gogochar (Senior Member) 19 October 2006 15:26 Send private message to this user   
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    1. Still a Newbie and wander how many posts it takes to level up? Check here: http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/102943 2. RipIt4Me Guide: http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/360110 3. Converting DVD to AVI: http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/379628 4. Using rip.NET: http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/376651 5. Extract Audio from Your DVDs: http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/382429

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    helpppp (Inactive) 10 April 2007 21:26 Send private message to this user   
    i download industrial.wmv from ezdrm.com then i use`with fairuse4wmv
    but it not work,,is it my window media player must be 11?
    pls`reply me..
    vudoo (Member) 22 December 2007 1:59 Send private message to this user   
    I've yet to see an update to the 1.3 app. I read that there was a sort of patch for it, but then the person tried to write their own version of fairuse4wm since the program seemed to be a closed source piece of software. Till then just use Tunebite. It works really well and I've been able to back my purchased video Downloads with it. It works very will with purchased tunes from iTunes, Yahoo, Napster, Urge and more.

    Or you could just go to a russian site to buy your movies and music. One like zml.com for movies and mp3search.ru work very well. Of course the MPAA and RIAA are crying foul because they believe their not getting enough royalties from these Russian sites. Truth is that the Russian court proved that since the Russians are paying royalties for Movies and Music that come in from the US it is not outside of the law. allofmp3.com is going ad supported soon (an idea I've posed about in many forums). Yes you can Download and copy all you want, but their going to enforce some sort of AEM (Ads Enforcement Management) like the type I've mentioned. Too bad I didn't patent this idea. I could have become a very Rich man by now.
    ydkjman (Member) 22 December 2007 10:52 Send private message to this user   
    Originally posted by helpppp:
    i download industrial.wmv from ezdrm.com then i use`with fairuse4wmv
    but it not work,,is it my window media player must be 11?
    pls`reply me..
    Still looking for info ?

    Read all about what you need to make fairuse4wmv work right
    Here

    If you can't find it PM me
    alexeix (Junior Member) 30 December 2007 11:15 Send private message to this user   
    Hmmm...running Vista with all latest updates and this doesn't work. I've read elsewhere (http://expertlancer.com/microsoft-update-kills-fairuse4wm/), that a Windows patch stopped Fairuse4wm working. Does anyone know which update I need to remove to get this working?

    I'm running WMP 11 (11.0.6000.6344).

    Thanks!
    ydkjman (Member) 30 December 2007 13:14 Send private message to this user   
    alexeix
    Look at my post just before yours. You are probably going to need two things now

    FairUse4WM 1.3 Fix-2 and Mirakagi

    If you can't find PM me
    alexeix (Junior Member) 30 December 2007 15:14 Send private message to this user   
    I'd already checked and yes, I'm using both tools (should have made that clear).

    Have PM'ed you, so hope you get my message.

    Cheers.
    alexeix (Junior Member) 30 December 2007 16:48 Send private message to this user   
    Still doesn't work, even with WMP 11.0.6000.6324.

    I get the "provide interoperability for Windows Media Files has stopped working" message.
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