Posted by ship on 06/25/07 15:37

On Jun 22, 9:35 am, NRen2k5 <nom...@email.com> wrote:
> ship wrote:
> > SonicStage / Walkman (8-GB NW-A808) /WindowsXP Pro
>
> > Hi
>
> > How can I get my .WMD file which I have just bought, paid for and
> > downloaded, from my PC to play in my Walkman MP3 player?
>
> > When you open it in WindowsXP it seems to create a load of ".wma"
> > files. The problem is that these seem to be copyprotected(??), and I
> > cant get the to copy onto my new Sony MP3 (NW-A808) player.
>
> Welcome to the world of Digital Rights Management, which is more about
> forcing you to do only what the vendor wants you to do with their music,
> rather than protecting anybody's rights.
>
> You didn't do your homework before buying your music or your MP3 player.
>
> WMAs bought online will only play on WMA+DRM and PlaysForSure MP3
> players such as Creative's "Zen Micro".
>
> Sony's players, on the other hand, play music bought only from their own
> "Connect" store.
>
> > Surely there MUST be some way to get them across. They are mine, I
> > paid for them (far too much as it happens) and I am extremely
> > unamused by all this.
>
> This is where you're wrong. They AREN'T yours. They belong to the
> copyright holders and they're just allowing you to listen to them.

Right - this means WAR!

If I buy something - particularly if I pay for too g*ddam much for it
- then
frankly it's mine. If the law says otherwise then the law isnt just an
ass, it
is asking to get a damned good kicking from otherwise law abiding
citizens like me.

I feel betrayed and legged over. I concede that I hadnt done my
research
but time is short and my salesman in Comet strongly implied that there
wouldnt be any of these type of problems ("unlike iTunes").

If I have to convert the godamned stuff into analogue, play it though
my hi-fi and record it back into digital, then I am going to.

Mark my words this it Digital Rights shit is TOTALLY unacceptable.
I need to be able to play and listen to my own godamned purchases on
an
medium I choose. And if I end up in prison so be it.


> > Do I need some special utility to conver .wma files into .MP3 or
> > something else that CAN be copied?

> > - Any suggestions?
>
> If the WMAs have burning permissions, then you can burn a music CD and
> then use something like CDex to "rip" it back to MP3.

This may be a stupid question but can't I burn it to my hard disk -
rather than
waste expensive CDs??

Ship
Shipeton Henethe

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