Re: License Migration to Windows Media 11


*shrug* OK, that's exactly my point then. It's either license issuance or
license storage, and anybody not making that clear split shouldn't be
talking about the issue.

If it's license storage (which should be anything that would come by here),
they would need to talk to actual product support because it's a pretty
horrible idea to try to get product support for storage of commercial data
objects in a public newsgroup. The best anybody here is likely to tell you
to do is to reset the DRM data store. Since that's a destructive action,
most everybody with experience will avoid dealing with DRM issues because -
again - those are steps you should be dealing with product support on.

Regardless, I'm unaware of any organization doing any finger pointing. If
you know of someone doing that, name names at specific companies and I'll
talk with them or have them talk to their contacts at the appropriate
company. Figuring out which side of the equation is problematic is not
rocket science. Solving the issue well can be, and that's why DRM issues
aren't good issues for newsgroups.

Educating people upwards isn't hard. If people want to make the world
better, they need to point out the specifics, though. Not providing that
data stops discussion dead.

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"Dale" <dale0973@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Search the group for DRM or permissions. There have been numerous posts
that
are still unresolved where people have upgraded to WMP 11 and not been
able
to resolve the problems with their licensed media and are still unable, as
far as we know here, to listen to the DRM protected media they paid for.

Dale
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"zachd [MSFT]" wrote:


"Dale" <dale0973@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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And I suggest not buying music online just for this reason. Many
people
in
your situation end up in the middle with both Microsoft and the store
pointing the finger at the other but they won't talk to resolve the
issue.

I'm unaware of any incidents of this happening: either there would be a
problem in license issuance (server side, vendor looks at first) or
license
storage (client side, Microsoft looks at)... what third case am I missing
where this would even be a question?

I'm sure there's the question of dealing with qualified personnel (always
a
problem in such a rich and complex field), but it doesn't seem like
figuring
out which way to point the finger here could possibly be rocket science.

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