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Realplayer DRM Restrictions

by walterwood Sep 27, 2006 1:47AM PDT

Here's my situation. I first started purchasing music on-line sometime last year when I first got broadband and shortly thereafter my first MP3 player (Zen Nano Plus). I use Realplayer as my online Music store and since first purchasing my MP3 player I realized that 1 GB won't be enough so I purchased a Zen Micro.

Well the Micro is starting to have Hard-drive issues and soon I will replace the microdrive with a flas drive so many of the tracks that I orginally purchased a year ago will have been moved/copied to a "new device" a third time once I replace the Hard drive.

Will I be stuck with tracks that only play on my computer and not in a device once the HD is replaced in my Micro?

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(NT) (NT) Usually that's the case.

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Sep 27, 2006 1:49AM PDT

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(NT) (NT) But what's the magic number of copies/moves per file?

by walterwood Sep 27, 2006 2:32AM PDT

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That's real's decision.

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Sep 27, 2006 2:44AM PDT

More reading at http://www.eff.org/IP/DRM/guide/

I haven't bought from iTunes or Real. The terms didn't make sense to me and I couldn't agree to them. So back to CDs.

Bob

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My guess is that 5 computers means 5 devices also?

by walterwood Sep 27, 2006 2:55AM PDT

I'll follow up with real to answer these specifics. I'm at work now and don't haev access to their website

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