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EricJ
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Joined: Apr. 18, 2005
Posts: 83
Posted: September 19, 2006 - 10:52AM    
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Zune and DRM

A little something from Slashdot:

Zune Won't Play Old DRM Infected Files

In a nutshell, the article (which is linked from the EFF) states that PlaysForSure media files, which are sold by many popular music services, will not play on the new Zune player, at least in its current form. Something to consider before investing in one of these new players.

Also of note is Zune architect J Allard's apparent endorsement of DRM circumvention.

jerkyboy
Joined: Jan. 03, 2005
Posts: 42
Posted: September 19, 2006 - 12:10PM    
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Um, does anyone own any PLaysForSure media files? I sure don't ;-)

EricJ
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Joined: Apr. 18, 2005
Posts: 83
Posted: September 19, 2006 - 12:34PM    
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heh... well, if anyone had bought a song from any of these providers, they would be affected.

leprous1
Joined: Jul. 30, 2007
Posts: 14
Posted: December 11, 2007 - 10:31PM    
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You can convert DRM protected music so it will work on any player or computer. There's an article that tells you how to do it with itunes music, but the software mentioned in it will work for pretty much any kind of DRM music files. It converts them to mp3.

Convert DRM music to mp3

brakethroo
Joined: Apr. 14, 2008
Posts: 4
Posted: April 14, 2008 - 2:26PM    
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hey thanks for the advice i was thinking about purchasing one

-Matt
UMGD

jonspeaks2
Joined: May. 07, 2008
Posts: 4
Posted: May 07, 2008 - 1:42PM    
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cool! i just bought myself a zune over the weekend :P

fifiward
Joined: Mar. 26, 2007
Posts: 5
Posted: October 10, 2008 - 3:31AM    
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TunePat M4P Converter converts DRM music to mp3 for Zune Player...
http://www.tunepat.com/

Aaron09
Joined: Feb. 10, 2009
Posts: 2
Posted: February 10, 2009 - 6:43PM    
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It happens, I love my zune though.

rocknout89
Joined: Aug. 04, 2008
Posts: 14
Posted: April 17, 2009 - 2:12PM    
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i like Zune

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