How could those be MP3 files? Either they're not MP3s or your decoder is
broken. This isn't how MP3s work.

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"richard" <I.dont.care@do.you> wrote in message
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> windows vista home premium/ windows media player 11
>
> Today I can no longer play certain mp3's I have. I am told I need a
> license and to get it, I am sent to a website that does nothing.
> http://wmasf.musicnet.com/
>
>
> No information on the website is offered to obtain the license other
> than to go to certain other websites, and pay for the license.
>
> Up until today, I could play the mp3's with no problems.
> Perhaps due in part in using "Rhapsody" for the first time.
>
> My problem is, how and where exactly do I obtain this "license" which
> should be free, or at least at bare minimal cost for ALL of my mp3's?
> Not just a select few.
>
> It's my damn property, microsoft ain't gonna tell me how and when i
> can use it.
>

Sounds like they were purchased online by track, and they're telling you to
prove you bought 'em legally.

Are you using them on a different computer?

Just went through this with stuff I bought from MusicMatch and had forgotten
about till I decided to burn a new printable CD this week.

MM is now owned by Yahoo and it took forever . . . .


"richard" <I.dont.care@do.you> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:43:17 -0800, "zachd [MSFT]"
> <zachd@nomailplz.online.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>How could those be MP3 files? Either they're not MP3s or your decoder is
>>broken. This isn't how MP3s work.
>>
>
> Ok. Kind of an error on my part. They are "WMA" files. Even so wmp11
> directs you to a website which does nothing. Giving you absolutely no
> information on obtaining a license.
>

That's the license reissuance URL that WMP was given for that content. If
that URL doesn't work, contact the vendor directly (their web site or
whatnot) and ask for license reissuance. Only the vendor can make those
files work.

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"richard" <I.dont.care@do.you> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:43:17 -0800, "zachd [MSFT]"
> <zachd@nomailplz.online.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>How could those be MP3 files? Either they're not MP3s or your decoder is
>>broken. This isn't how MP3s work.
>>
>
> Ok. Kind of an error on my part. They are "WMA" files. Even so wmp11
> directs you to a website which does nothing. Giving you absolutely no
> information on obtaining a license.
>

Don't think that will help. The number of uses/devices is limited.

"richard" <I.dont.care@do.you> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 22:55:10 -0500, "Bill Condie"
> <billcondiespam@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Sounds like they were purchased online by track, and they're telling you
>>to
>>prove you bought 'em legally.
>>
>>Are you using them on a different computer?
>
> Yes and this one has vista premium. If I have to, I may put XP on it
> just to avoid the license problem.
>
> I got these songs from usenet so it's possible the poster got them
> from a pay source.
>
>>
>>Just went through this with stuff I bought from MusicMatch and had
>>forgotten
>>about till I decided to burn a new printable CD this week.
>>
>>MM is now owned by Yahoo and it took forever . . . .
>>

In message <9nf1p35r4ll1fdigc9r4rqfqvdg098ptgq@4ax.com> richard
<I.dont.care@do.you> wrote:

>On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 03:19:22 -0800, "zachd [MSFT]"
><zachd@nomailplz.online.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>I have. They act like they have no idea what's going on.
>I know you may not be a lawyer, but what gives these "vendors" the
>legal right to attach a "license" to copyrighted material they do not
>own the copyright to?

The copyright owner reaches a licensing agreement with the vendor.

I thought we were engaging in a technical discussion. By throwing around
"legal authority" and other unfriendly terms, I need to bow out of this
discussion (or any discussion where "legal" opinions threaten to dominate
the discussion). I hope that your research in this field goes well.

Respectfully,
-Zach
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"richard" <I.dont.care@do.you> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 03:19:22 -0800, "zachd [MSFT]"
> <zachd@nomailplz.online.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> I have. They act like they have no idea what's going on.
> I know you may not be a lawyer, but what gives these "vendors" the
> legal right to attach a "license" to copyrighted material they do not
> own the copyright to?
> As these are "WMA" files, which is a microsoft product, then the
> license should actually come from microsoft, which should be nothing
> more than a formality. Microsoft does not have the legal authority to
> protect a copyright that is not theirs.
>
> Last night, I tried out several converters. Only problem is, most of
> them balked and said because of the license issue, they could not
> convert. Again, what gives microsoft the right to deny use of
> copyrighted material they did not copyright?
>
>
>
>>
>>That's the license reissuance URL that WMP was given for that content. If
>>that URL doesn't work, contact the vendor directly (their web site or
>>whatnot) and ask for license reissuance. Only the vendor can make those
>>files work.
>>
>>--
>>Speaking for myself only.
>>See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
>>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>>rights.

In message <t5n1p35tr2u8rm25ahvpp1vg329e4f116h@4ax.com> richard
<I.dont.care@do.you> wrote:

>On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 09:22:39 -0700, DevilsPGD
><spam_narf_spam@crazyhat.net> wrote:
>
>>In message <9nf1p35r4ll1fdigc9r4rqfqvdg098ptgq@4ax.com> richard
>><I.dont.care@do.you> wrote:
>>
>>>On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 03:19:22 -0800, "zachd [MSFT]"
>>><zachd@nomailplz.online.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>I have. They act like they have no idea what's going on.
>>>I know you may not be a lawyer, but what gives these "vendors" the
>>>legal right to attach a "license" to copyrighted material they do not
>>>own the copyright to?
>>
>>The copyright owner reaches a licensing agreement with the vendor.
>
>Uh no. The RIAA is not in charge of copyright laws as they think they
>are. When you buy a DVD, are you limited to 10 uses? The big
>difference here is that the RIAA is trying their damndest to
>manipulate how the consumer MUST enjoy music. Microsoft is in cahoots
>with them and working to ensure that YOU can not do anything without
>their permission. So you, the consumer,can tell Bill Gates to go shove
>it and not use his products.
>
>So I play my song 10 times. In order to play more, I have to buy
>another copy? You see how the RIAA is handling this? It's all about
>making more money for them. I legally purchased the song and now I'm
>forced to buy it again? Up yours RIAA.

No one said you need to buy another copy, just that you need to request
license reissuance.

Or, better yet, don't buy DRM'd music if it's not to your taste. I, for
one, refuse DRM'd material entirely -- Sometimes that means I pay more,
sometimes that means I do without, but either way, I consider myself
better off then wasting money on DRM encrusted material.

Not PLAY it only 10 times; don't put it on 10 different computers.

They don't want you buying it then emailing it to me


"richard" <I.dont.care@do.you> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:41:07 -0500, "Bill Condie"
> <billcondiespam@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Which violates the copyright laws.
> When you purchase an item in a store, they are, by law, granting you
> unlimited use of that item. They can not do so otherwise. They do not
> own the copyright.
>
> So you buy a car and you can use it only for 10 times?
> I don't think so.
>
>
>>Don't think that will help. The number of uses/devices is limited.
>>
>>"richard" <I.dont.care@do.you> wrote in message
>>news:edg1p3p7mtmsdv8lllv47becvpoauntqmv@4ax.com. ..
>>> On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 22:55:10 -0500, "Bill Condie"
>>> <billcondiespam@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Sounds like they were purchased online by track, and they're telling
>>>>you
>>>>to
>>>>prove you bought 'em legally.
>>>>
>>>>Are you using them on a different computer?
>>>
>>> Yes and this one has vista premium. If I have to, I may put XP on it
>>> just to avoid the license problem.
>>>
>>> I got these songs from usenet so it's possible the poster got them
>>> from a pay source.
>>>
>>>>
>>>>Just went through this with stuff I bought from MusicMatch and had
>>>>forgotten
>>>>about till I decided to burn a new printable CD this week.
>>>>
>>>>MM is now owned by Yahoo and it took forever . . . .
>>>>