Converting protected aac to purchased aac without itunes match

hi everyone.
i want to convert a bunch of protected aac's to purchased aac's without signing up for itunes match. i'm willing to pay the 30 cents per song. i can't figure out how to do this though. previous discussions have included a link, but when i follow that link, i get a message that the itunes store is busy.
i'd be grateful for any assistance. i know that variants of this have been discussed before but they are a few years old and before itunes match.
thanks!
pam
maryland

Pam,
That program to upgrade tracks for 30 cents each ran for several years, but was discontinued last year. That is why the links no longer work.
If you don't want to use the Match approach, you can use iTunes to burn your songs to audio CD. This will result in an audio CD that can be used just like any other audio CD.

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