From the I can't believe they said that department...

This is from the ale ( http://ale.org ) list...

DRM is a funny thing. I emailed Napster after seeing the Super Bowl
commercial. The question was how to use their service with a generic
memory stick player and Linux. I get an email explaining how the files
I download from them are in WMA format with Windows DRM. Then they go
on explaining how I can circumvent that protection by burning and audio
CD and ripping then converting back to MP3. A PITA to do. At the end
of the email they even suggest using a CD-RW in case I plan on doing
this a lot and their software can erase the CD-RW before buring. I bet
iTunes would have never told me these things. I already knew this
process but I just thought it funny they would tell me about it.

Way to go Napster!!

:badger:

[jro]

Yeah, stickin it to da man! Maybe there is still a little fight lift in them

[beezlebubsbum]

Actually, Microsoft also slipped up when they were explaining to users how to get their DRM WMA's on their IPod. Apparently, the microsoft website said to burn the song to a cd, and then re-rip with MP3, thus, telling everyone how to eliminate their own copy protection.