Posted by Dave Cohen on 06/26/07 17:16

ship wrote:
> 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
>
>
>
See my post in hardware group. Using something like total recorder is
basically doing what you said, namely holding a microphone to the
speaker except total recorder does it in a more elegant manner by
capturing what is coming out of your sound card. As long as you can play
it on the computer, you can record it.
Dave Cohen

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