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Working with (and Around) Digital Rights Management

3/14/2011 2:34:16 PM
In Windows 7, you're likely to encounter media files that use Microsoft's Windows Media Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology—that is, digital content that has been encrypted using digital signatures and whose use is governed by a licensing agreement with the content provider—whenever you acquire music or movies from an online subscription service or when you record TV shows from premium cable or satellite channels using Windows Media Center. The media usage rights (previously called a license) that are associated with DRM-protected files specify how you can use the file and for what period of time; these rights are designed to prevent unauthorized copying or distribution of the media item. The media usage rights are determined by the content vendor and should be disclosed when you agree to purchase or download the item; Windows Media Player enforces the terms of that agreement.

Living Without DRM

We recognize that copy protection and digital rights management schemes that restrict your right to use media files are controversial. If you're philosophically opposed to the idea of restricted usage rights, you have plenty of options to download music in DRM-free formats. These days, every major music store, including the 800-pound gorilla of the industry, the iTunes Music Store, sell their wares in unrestricted MP3 or AAC files. DRM in the music industry lives on in subscription services like the Zune Marketplace, where you can download music files whose playback rights have to be renewed each month.

In the United States, over-the-air television broadcasts are all digital and unencumbered by DRM. They offer a rich source of programming, including huge amounts of HDTV. Finding movies to watch on a PC is a much more difficult task if you're determined to avoid DRM. DVDs use a weak form of copy protection, while Blu-ray discs use exceptionally strong encryption. We're not aware of any mainstream movie services that allow unrestricted downloads, although you have many options for streaming TV shows and movies over the internet to your Windows PC. If you want to completely avoid acquiring licensed media, choose Options from the Organize menu. On the Privacy tab in the Options dialog box, clear Download Usage Rights Automatically When I Play Or Sync A File.

We don't recommend the extreme option of downloading bootleg tools and utilities to decrypt digitally protected files. Under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998, distributing and using those tools to circumvent access protection on copyrighted material is a criminal offense. As a result, most such tools are hard to find and can lead to some very dark corners of the internet, where you might download more than you bargained for.


When you download a song, movie clip, or other protected media file from an online store, the content provider might encrypt the file with a wrapper that defines your media usage rights. Windows Media DRM agreements can be for an indefinite period of time or can be set to expire after some period of time. In some cases, the media usage rights agreement will allow you to play the media item only on the computer on which the item was originally downloaded. In other cases, the agreement allows you to copy or move the item to other computers and personal music players (but not necessarily to CDs or DVDs). For some protected files, you can read the terms of an item's license by examining the item's Properties dialog box. Find the file in the player's media library, right-click it, choose Properties, and click the Media Usage Rights tab. You'll see a list like the one shown here.



If you have bought licenses that allow you to play the items for an indefinite period of time on a single computer, how do you move the media item to another computer? Using Windows Media Player 10 and earlier, you could back up licenses on one machine and restore them on another (giving up your privileges on the original computer, of course). In Windows Media Player 11 and later, this feature no longer exists. To move protected files from one computer to another, you must use whatever procedure the original content provider specifies. (For music files that include burn rights, this can be as simple as burning the tracks to a CD, then ripping the newly created CD in an unprotected format such as MP3.) In extreme cases, you might be unable to play back the original file.

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