Posted by don't look on 06/30/07 22:50

where were you when all this shit was being voted on?Not enough people
stepped up and demanded their reps not vote yes on this crap.It's our own
damn fault!! And now we have to commit criminal acts if we want to
listen/view our files as we please.

"ship" <shiphen@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> 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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