[WMA9] I want to OWN the music I buy

As in subject, I want to OWN the music I legally buy through these e-music
stores. I want to convert protected WMA9 files to non-protected formats, so
that I can read them with, let's say, my palm device or whatever.

Any freeware? dMC? Others?

thank you so much
(Give credit, when it's due. But once you did, do what you want -legally- )

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In article <9g8b3okzfmjd$.rs7cawz3q71a.dlg@40tude.net>, NoWhereMan
says...
> As in subject, I want to OWN the music I legally buy through these e-music
> stores. I want to convert protected WMA9 files to non-protected formats, so
> that I can read them with, let's say, my palm device or whatever.
>
> Any freeware? dMC? Others?
>
Sorry, this isn't alt.piracy.


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Conor

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Star Trek? Good Lord!" - Patrick Stewart, Extras.

I actually looked for alt.piracy..

On Thu, 06 Oct 2005 18:45:10 +0200, NoWhereMan wrote:

> As in subject, I want to OWN the music I legally buy through these e-music
> stores. I want to convert protected WMA9 files to non-protected formats,
> so that I can read them with, let's say, my palm device or whatever.
>
> Any freeware? dMC? Others?
>
> thank you so much
> (Give credit, when it's due. But once you did, do what you want -legally-
> )

For "fair use" purposes only

http://home.wanadoo.nl/lc.staak/freeme.htm

Regards
Gordon

> As in subject, I want to OWN the music I legally buy through these e-music
> stores.

Of course, if you like music on independant labels, you can buy plain mp3s
at eMusic for about .25 each. (emusic.com) Support labels that don't DRM
you!

On Thu, 06 Oct 2005 21:48:56 GMT, "Dave Smey"
<dsmeywithoutspam@mindspring.com> wrote:

>> As in subject, I want to OWN the music I legally buy through these e-music
>> stores.
>
>Of course, if you like music on independant labels, you can buy plain mp3s
>at eMusic for about .25 each. (emusic.com) Support labels that don't DRM
>you!
>
In the old days we spent long days and nights copying from fading
radio sources (Radio Veronica, Radio Caroline, RTL radio etc.).
Now you can get high quality digital versions even from Internet radio.
Why do you have to buy DRM ****?
C.

on Thu, 6 Oct 2005 19:17:28 +0100, Conor wrote:

> Sorry, this isn't alt.piracy.

WAIT!

Sorry if I wasn't clear enough (but I thought I had been)

*I'm NOT willing to CRACK anything.* I want only to listen to my music with
a player which doesn't support WMA9. I read that WMA9 leaves a track once
you convert to other formats, so you can still identify it.

If I wanted to crack the protection, I WOULD ask on alt.piracy, but I OWN
the license as I BOUGHT the files! So I'd like to know if exist a freeware
to convert WMAs to a standard format.

Maybe this looks like a lamer question. But in fact it's not. I just want
to enjoy the music I legally bought.



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on Fri, 07 Oct 2005 00:18:07 +0200, Charles D. Bohne wrote:

> On Thu, 06 Oct 2005 21:48:56 GMT, "Dave Smey"

> Now you can get high quality digital versions even from Internet radio.
> Why do you have to buy DRM ****?
> C.

I buy DRM **** legally so that someone here... can call me a cracker -__-'

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on Thu, 06 Oct 2005 21:04:17 +0100, Gordon Darling wrote:

> On Thu, 06 Oct 2005 18:45:10 +0200, NoWhereMan wrote:

> For "fair use" purposes only
>
> http://home.wanadoo.nl/lc.staak/freeme.htm

Really interesting... if only there were a "LEGAL" way to do this. I mean,
this is in fact a brute-force crack...

Thanx for the link, mate

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on Fri, 7 Oct 2005 09:38:20 +0200, NoWhereMan wrote:

> on Thu, 6 Oct 2005 19:17:28 +0100, Conor wrote:
>
>> Sorry, this isn't alt.piracy.
>

Or maybe you can name me some FREEWARE WMA9 player for PalmOS? (or Linux?)
If you have the answer then I won't have to convert the file, and you won't
consider me a lamer anymore.

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