Hackers crack Nokia “Comes With Music” DRM

And here Nokia thought it had a good thing going with its subscription-based music service, “Comes with Music.” Don’t people already know by now that DRM just ain’t exactly what the doctor ordered?

Nokia’s “Comes with Music” service offers a year’s worth of unlimited music downloads to users, but all songs come wrapped in DRM, which would prevent them from having the songs carried over to anything or anywhere else (other than their designated PC and music device for download).

Well, now there’s a software that acts as a workaround to this. And it’s available for 20 euros, or £17.50 (or just nearly $26 USD).

The DRM-stripping program, called Tunebite, now is said to be able to work its magic on any songs downloaded through Nokia’s “Comes with Music” service  by “playing and re-dubbing the tracks into a non-encrypted file and apparently works in a matter of seconds per song.”

Alas, it’s an option users can take upon their own discretion. There’s a fee, yes, but for some this is insignificant. What’s important is that they get to carry their music whenever, wherever. There’s still no word from Nokia about this, though, and how the company plans to address the issue.

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Posted on 10 Dec 08 - Filed in Nokia, Software&Services, Wireless - Comments - Written by David Gonzales

  • Danda
    Actually this soft removes this DRM legally by re-recording the original track, it doesn't crack it and it's a good idea cause now you can transfer the music we buy on other music players. I think Nokia couldn't say anything about it cause it's appeared on the market long time before Nokia's service "Comes with music" and also it has won some awards from some specialized magazines.
  • brian
    I dont' get it why they decided to put that crappy drm on their files on the first place.If the music isn't cracked, what's the big deal?I for one find this app pretty useful,it's legal cause it doesn't mess with the files.
  • unsatisfied
    tunebite effing sux, it records some songs really quiet and some loud its dumb it took 44 hours to do and it didnt even work properly!
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