And since that time, Apple has done nothing to shut down. Hymn released a fix in short order - I think back in July? It was a long time ago anyway. Overall, it is not illegal for say, but it is against the wishes of Itunes, yet there is no way for Itunes to find out that you are doing this and if you are as annoyed with apple and itunes as most people are it should not concern you in the least.When Hymn first came out (under a different name) they released iTunes 4.6 almost right away which would not see files that the old Hymn had converted - by recognizing one aspect of the converted files that was particular to Hymn generated files. So, technically it is perfectly fine to copy and burn the music to a cd etc, however it is clearly against the itunes policy to remove the copy protection from their music which is to the best of my knowledge means it is not "Illegal" however it does give itunes the right to disable your account, prevent you from purchasing any more music from them, and possibly even prevent you from ever using Itunes again.
"(x) You agree that you will not attempt to, or encourage or assist any other person to, circumvent or modify any security technology or software that is part of the Service or used to administer the Usage Rules. "(vii) You shall be entitled to export, burn (if applicable) or copy (if applicable) Products solely for personal, noncommercial use. In article 10 of apples terms and agreements it does state that To clarify the many people asking whether or not this is legal here you go: THAT is the reason DRM is such a dumb idea, and THAT is why Apple and other companies are corrupt and just do DRMs so more people are forced to buy their music. We still buy our music, (atleast most of us), and we are just fed up with the extra time and effort it takes to put music on OUR mp3 players and OUR computers.
WE are not the ones who need to be restricted The blackmarketers are. People who are complaining about paying for music are NOT seeing the bigger picture.
Sooner of later, They'll stop selling because they will have the fear of being arrested. Arrest them, take all of their merchandise, and stick them with a fine. Instead of putting DRMs on music that we want to use and share, They should put more cops in areas prone to illegal duplications of CDs and DVDs. DRM restrictions are set for the wrong reasons. They buy 1 CD for $15, Duplicate it 3000 times, and sell them for $4 each. Funny thing is, THEY don't buy their music off. 97% of people are getting rid of DRMs because they either A) can't use the music they paid for with their mp3 player B) bought music and have the right to share it with another computer (lets say from their laptop to pc) or C) wanna promote a band to their friend The 3% that started this DRM problem are the blackmarketers. They reason is, we ARE going to get around it. It's just another one of Apple's scams to rip us off.
Alright! You're done! Enjoy sharing all the music you'd like, and never have another problem with Apple's greedy DRM lock ups! Edit: I've been getting a lot of messages and comments about APPLE PLUS songs.