Posted by MauiJNP on 08/06/07 19:59

"dadiOH" <dadiOH@guesswhere.com> wrote in message
news:eTiti.1258$Aj6.888@trnddc01...
> MauiJNP wrote:
>>>>>>> Burn them to CD-RW then rip the CD to MP3?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "MauiJNP" <jmh1116@ptd.net> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:fqudnal-p44HkTPbnZ2dnUVZ_hKdnZ2d@ptd.net...
>>>>>>>> can this be done with media player files that are protected
>>>>>>>> because they
>>>>>>>> were bought from an online store?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> that didn't work
>>>>>
>>>>> Did you burn them as data files, or as audio? They'd need to be
>>>>> burned as audio, then you could rip them back to hard disk with
>>>>> something like CDex.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> they were protected so the license didn't carry thru during the
>>>> burn
>>>
>>> And why is that bad?
>>>
>>
>> oh, i guess that would be "the license did carry thru" so they were
>> unplayable
>
> Uhhh...people do what you did to get *rid* of the license so they
> *can* play their new, non-Big Brother MP3s as they wish.
>
> They will play. If not on your player (WMP?) then on virtually any
> other.
>
> --
>

they will play now. I burned them to CDR (license included, file
protected), then uploaded back to my harddrive with CDex. the new files do
not have the license and aren't protected! yeah!

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