[olug] digital rights management at work

[Eric P]

Care to enlighten us as to who this music provider is (so we can
avoid them and/or give them hell)?

Eric P.

Eric Lusk wrote:
> I DID get it to burn after a call to their "tech
> support", but an hour on the phone sure sours one on
> the  whole DRM thing.  One small problem with their
> server and I can't even PLAY my music.  So, what
> happens when they expand this to movies?
> 
> --- Tim & Alethea Larson <thelarsons3 at cox.net> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Eric Lusk wrote:
>>
>>>Well, I decided to give it a try; tried
>>
>>downloading a
>>
>>>CD legally from a legitimate reseller.  The
>>
>>download
>>
>>>went ok, but once I got the songs, Digital Rights
>>>Management reared its ugly head; seems that I only
>>>have "permission" to play or burn one of the 12
>>
>>songs
>>
>>>I downloaded.
>>>All the others say I don't have a license.  So now
>>
>>I'm
>>
>>>on the phone with "customer service", trying to
>>
>>use
>>
>>>what I paid for.
>>>I like the idea of paying musicians for the work
>>
>>they
>>
>>>do, but I wnat to listen to the work after I pay
>>
>>for
>>
>>>it...
>>>And this was going to be a Christmas present....
>>
>>I hear ya.  You want to do the right thing, but
>>you're judged guilty 
>>before you even get started.  Just not right...
>>
>>Tim
>>-- 
>>Tim & Alethea
>>christtrek.org
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