http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2007 by the authors Tue, 8 Apr 2008 10:58:38 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/07/27/002033.php#comment-708675 http://avrillavignenak.blog.drecom.jp||avril lavigne naked http://evalongorianake.blog.drecom.jp||eva longoria naked 708675@blogcritics.org Tue, 8 Apr 2008 10:58:38 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/07/27/002033.php#comment-677600 Actually - it could be even easier - just use iTunes!! LOL! Since they came out for the PC (ages and ages ago) I haven't used another service. Apple's got it right. The store works - the licensing works - their customer service works. Go iTunes! 677600@blogcritics.org Tue, 4 Dec 2007 16:30:14 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/07/27/002033.php#comment-677596 If you bought music tracks from Buy.com and the tracks won't play because the media player is "unable to acquire the licenses", or tells you there are errors with the licenses or something like that... Most probably it's because it's Buy.com's fault and they do not want to admit it. And if you try to get tech support, now they charge you to tell you it is not their problem even though it is. (Call 1-800-800-0800 for free support). So, stop calling and emailing tech support at Microsoft (like they're telling you to) because it is not their problem or a problem with your computer or even your own computer skills... its THEM. How do I know? I figured out their mistake and was able to finally acquire the "licenses". They kept telling me it was because my computer did not have DRM or there was a problem with it or the IE. But, how could this be if I can play other DRM-protected files... all of them, but the ones from Buy.com. So, since I paid for the tracks and did have the rights to play those songs in my computer, I tried to crack the tracks. Of course, I wasn't able to because I couldn't play the tracks to then bypass the protection. But, in the process I did find out what is wrong with them. Buy.com used to have another site to download music, Buymusic.com. So, when the WMP tried to acquire the licenses, the WMP did so by accessing <a href="http://secure.buymusic.com/dominion/auth.asp">that</a>. The problem is that since they migrated everything to Buy.com, not all the tracks' licenses were properly reconfigured to then access the new site where the media player is supposed to <a href="https://secure.buy.com/licenser/licenseInfo.aspx">acquire the proper licenses</a>. Many tracks are redirected automatically to the new site, but many others aren't. So, what's the solution: 1. Go to your Buy.com account and get the sku numbers of the tracks. When you review the details of your purchase, like if you were going to download them, there's a table and the first thing on the table is that sku number. 2. Type <a href="https://secure.buy.com/licenser/licenseInfo.aspx?sku=">this address</a> in the IE and add at the end the sku number, right after the "=". (sku number). For example, if the track sku number is 123456789, then the <a href="https://secure.buy.com/licenser/licenseInfo.aspx?sku=123456789">address should read</a>. 3. When you do that, the website will ask you for your email address and Buy.com password, and when you login the WMP will FINALLY acquire the "licenses", which are not real licenses, just a VERY limited authorization to play the tracks. 677596@blogcritics.org Tue, 4 Dec 2007 16:06:37 EST