Music fans around the world are fighting back against Digital Rights Management (DRM) music files. DRM is a way of limiting access to an MP3 file, so users can only use the file on a limited number of computers, play it in limited places or copy it to CD a limited number of times.

This technology has been in part responsible for the massive increase in the usage of P2P filesharing software such as Limewire and Ares.

Ares is popular because it is open source, meaning that the source code is made available to the public and users don’t have to worry about malware or spyware.

Downloading music using software like Ares is free and what you get will often be of an equal quality to the DRM-tainted files that can be purchased from Apple’s iTunes store.

Other ways to get around DRM-tainted files include using DRM-stripping software such as myFairTunes7. The message is clear: people don’t want DRM with their music files.

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