Removal of DRM from Purchased Movies from iTunes

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Removal of DRM from Purchased Movies from iTunes

I am trying to find a solution to store an iTunes Movie I purchased from the iStore on my ReadyNAS DUO and play the file on my PS3, even though the PS/3 is DLNA compliant it won't play the file, I suspect this is due to the DRM copy protection on the file. Has anyone found a way around this? I don't want to do anything illegal with the file, just play it through the PS3 at home.

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.1)

Posted on Oct 14, 2009 12:21 PM

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Chris CA

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Oct 14, 2009 12:33 PM in response to ibratt

I don't want to do anything illegal with the file, just play it through the PS3 at home.

Sad to say but this would also be illegal and also against the Terms of Use of the iTunes store movie purchases.
You cannot remove the DRM from movies purchased thru iTunes.
And discussion of removing DRM (since that would almost certainly be illegal) is against the Terms of Use of these forums.

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ibratt Author

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Oct 14, 2009 1:21 PM in response to Chris CA

I am a big Apple fan but find this frustrating, I have purchased the item within the law and just want to watch the movie with my family through another device on my TV. I don't want to have to purchase an Apple TV at this point.

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PT

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Oct 14, 2009 1:24 PM in response to ibratt

Perhaps this will change eventually. This was the case with iTunes music where all the itunes store music was DRM protected and could only be played on Apple products. Now all the itunes Store music content is now DRM free. So while it stinks right now, perhaps movies and other video content will someday be protection-free.
Patrick

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Oct 14, 2009 3:07 PM in response to ibratt

It's fairly trivial to hook up a laptop or iPod to a television. That may be one way to solve your problem.

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