Apple DRM Free tracks aren’t needed
So, you may have heard that Apple is going to sell higher quality DRM free tracks for $1.29. But, if you didn’t know, and you have access to a PC, you can strip away the DRM from your protected iTunes store tracks FOR FREE!
I use QTFairUse and it works beautifully on my PC. I don’t have anything for my mac yet, but it’s totally cool.
In one session, I converted 3GB of files from .m4p to .aac, then to .mp3. Easy peasy.