[ltp] how to play drm WMAs (on my thinkpad)

[Paul RIVIER]

Vijay Garla wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I've got a dual boot win xp pro/suse 9.3 thinkpad.  I'dl like to play 
> my legally acquired WMAs (from rhapsody) on linux as well as windows.  
> How can I do this?
>
> Googling around a bit, it seems the only way to "rip" drm protected 
> WMAs is to burn them to a cd (or iso) and rip the cd (sounds like a 
> pain).  At any rate, I really don't need to rip the wmas - I just want 
> to play them on linux.  Any hints?
>
> TIA,
>
> - vijay

I would suggest to you to avoid those DRM. As you can feel, it will 
cause you a lot of problems and will *never* improve artist's condition. 
The only one who profit from that is the end seller (editor, maybe), and 
the owner of the file-protection (miscrosoft in this case) because it 
can control the way you listen to your music, and force you to use its 
software on its OS.
Just avoid it, audio cds are cheap on the internet, and the pleasure to 
have a real album is important.

paul