This has gone far enough.

I feel that I'm a reasonably decent person, I don't use P2P networks for music "sharing," I'd rather spend $0.99 and download the song from Puretracks. I find this works well, since I usually don't care for most of the songs on an entire CD, so it would be a waste to buy the CD. I've been doing this for years with several different versions of my PC.

Well, last weekend I installed a new SATA drive on my machine, and in my diligent back-up pre-install phase, I back-up all my licenses to my external HD prior to a nice clean install. So I finally get to restoring my licenses and it seems the only way to do so is by using WMP. Well I don't use that to listen to music, but it seems pretty straightforward I point WMP10 to the location of my backup and then it tells me it needs to contact Microsoft. Huh? Okay...whatever

Then it proceeds to tell me that I've exceeded the maximum number of attempts to restore for the day and it's not going to. Well, this was the first attempt! Do you mean I don't get any attempts. I've tried every day for the past week and I get the same response.

After some research on the web, I learn that I can't restore any more because of exceeded the number unique PC's? WTF is this BS!

I legally paid for these songs, and now I can't listen to them. I'm being punished for legally purchasing these tracks, where as I could have easily stolen them with absolutely no repurcussions from the DRM Stormtroopers. How in the hell is this fair? Who's going to re-imburse me for the hundereds of dollars I've spent on what is now useless shite?

What's next? In ten years time is my toilet going to refuse my access because I've exceeded the maximum number of craps I can take in one day?

Related thread regarding Sony over at Oasis:

http://www.theoasisforums.com/yabbse...ic,4383.0.html

This is complete crap.

Why is it the innocent are punished, once again?

I think it't time to get the pitchforks and torches out. :D

I traded in my pitchfork for broomhandles. [img]graemlins/heee.gif[/img] Much more insidious, and they just don't see it coming. [img]graemlins/evilhaha.gif[/img]

What I don't understand is how the DRM advocates can expect to reduce piracy when the draconian methods they employ are basically driving people to it?

I always thought Sony was pretty decent, heck all of my home theatre equipment is Sony. No more, I won't support that.

<font color=8fbc8f>Hold on here a minute! Are you not the one and same Zebodog? The one who always flaunts and taunts about M$ and big corporate? The one is a DIE hard M$ fan?

Hmmpf! Nuff said!</font>

Figured you'd chime in on this one.

I have no problem with Microsoft (yes, it's okay to use their full name) when they stick to software that doesn't screw people.

This, however, is just bending people over the proverbial counter.

EDIT: Maybe if people would stop trying to rip off "big corporate" perhaps we wouldn't be in this situation with DRM?

[ 11-04-2005, 07:27 PM: Message edited by: Zebodog ]

<font color=8fbc8f>You know, I've heard a great deal about M$. Something to the tune of: "If you play a windows (see, I can spell) :~) CD backwards, you can hear demonic rumblings. But if you play it forward it loads the OS. What could be more horrific than that?"

Checks HDD, Nope, no windoze, no copyrighted music, just free ware galore.

Hmm, freeware = no license = no big business = no price gouging = no corporate overhead = no getting bent over the e-counter!</font>

That has got to be a true bummer! What if anything, can be done to petetion?

So let's all get pissed off at "M$" for doing something none of us could. ;)

The only reason you're pissed with Gates, is because you're not him. Don't blame him for taking advantage of free enterprise. I admire him for doing what all of us want to do.

Oh, and while your screwing yith your freeware OS and freeware apps, I'll just fire up my machine and enjoy what it was designed to do.

Well you're a big help. The guy comes in here to ask a question and all you do is fuel the fire. Sorry, mate, but it seems that everywhere I see your replies they're either about "The army is the only place to be, and I served in the army so give me some kudo's" or this sort of crap. As if we're all waiting for that to happen.