The way I got rid of protection was to use qtfairuse6, but this was a couple of years ago and DRM runarounds have changed a lot since then. I'm not sure what version of itunes you have, but if you need someone with osx to use requiem 1.8 I'll be happy to help xD
.mp4 are the protected apple format. .m4a are the unprotected format which you can convert to mp3 at your leisure.
Well, I don't actually have iTunes at all as I find it a bit cumbersome to use and don't particularly like it! I'll take a look at that tomorrow morning and hopefully it'll work. *compulsory insulting remark about macs*
Thanks for the help.
Not my words Carol, the words of Top Gear magazine.