[olug] digital rights management at work

[Eric Lusk]

Wal-Mart.  I'm thinking their servers probably had
problems; when I first tried to call them I sat on
hold for over 1/2 hour and finally decided to call
back after 10 PM.

--- Eric P <eric.maillist at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
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> > 
> > 
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> > Alcohol and Calculus don't mix.  Never drink and
> derive.
> > 
> > 
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