Despite the controversial AllOfMP3 service aiming to do away with DRM, the Russian website recently launched a new ad-supported service called MusicForMasses, a service where one can download music free-of-charge to the hearts content, but with a catch of the music being DRM restricted and playable through the MusicForMasses player only. Well, it did not take long for a hacker to break the DRM and now the tool named as "MusicForMe" which strips the DRM has become public.
Like FairUse4WM for WMA and PlayFair for iTunes , this tool converts the DRM
crippled files into ordinary MP3s, which can be played on any MP3 player. However, unlike these other two tools that can work with subscription services, this tool makes downloading music from AllOfMP3 no different to downloading music illegally from file sharing networks, since like downloading music via P2P, the user is not paying for the music and does not see the ads, obviously making it clear that the artists are losing out. Thanks to our system administrator Liggy for submitting this news: used our news submit to tell us
In my opinion, this tool is definitely not as fair as the other tools for getting around WMA & iTunes DRM. For example, if consumers purchase tracks from iTunes, they should be freely entitled to listen to their music on what ever they like. However as AllOfMp3's MusicForMasses relies on ad-support to "fund" the cost of the delivering free music, by consumers stripping the free music they download and carrying it on an MP3 player, they effectively bypass the ads. As a result, this effectively cheats the system, since even if AllOfMP3 does the artists some of the ad-revenue it receives from its MusicForMasses software, no ad-revenue would mean nothing passed on to the artists.
Liggy added: MP3 flatrate for free. Nice one.
Source: Download Squad
