OK, so I really like Beck’s new album, The Information. I especially like that it comes with a blank CD booklet, witth only gridlines on it, plus a packet of stickers, so you can create your own, personalized, customized booklet.

I bought the album at Best Buy last night, and ooh, cool, there’s a bonus song that you can download. “This Girl That I Know” by Beck. But shit, it’s in WMA format with DRM, so I can’t use it on my Mac.

But that’s cool. You can strip off the DRM, and then convert it to MP3. Here’s how:

1. Download the song from Beck.com
2. Download FairUse4WM. It’s free! (Yeah, I’m sorry. It’s a Windows only program. Couldn’t find anything to do this on my Mac.)
3. Use FairUse4WM to strip out the DRM.
4. OK, good so far, but it’s still in WMA (asf) format. Need to convert it to MP3.
5. Download FFMpegX and follow their installation instructions. It’s free!
6. Use FFMpegX to convert the WMA file to MP3 format.
7. Drag your shiny new MP3 file into iTunes, and re-enter the meta info.

Et voila! You’re done.