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View License Terms and Conditions for Files February 2005
Protected media files are governed by a licensing agreement with a content provider. The content provider specifies the license terms and conditions, which typically include the legal copyright protections, expiration, and usage rights for the protected media files. To obtain licenses for content (other than music that you ripped [copied] from CDs to your computer), you may be required to visit the content provider's Web site and register or pay for the license.
In some cases, a license will allow you to play the content for an indefinite period of time, or an unlimited number of times, but only on the computer to which the file was originally downloaded. In other cases, a license will expire after a set period of time, or after you play the content a certain number of times, but allow the content to be copied or moved to other computers (but not necessarily burned to CDs or synchronized [copied] to portable devices) prior to the license expiration.
In Windows Media Player, you can easily identify which files in your library are protected media files. You can also view the license details for these protected media files.
To identify the protected media files in your libraryIn Windows Media Player, click Library. In the Contents pane, expand the Auto Playlists category. Click the auto playlist called Music tracks with content protection, as shown in the following screen shot. The list of protected music files is displayed in the Details pane.
To view the license details for a protected media file in your libraryIn Windows Media Player, click Library, and then right–click the file. On the shortcut menu, click Properties, and then click the License tab. Information about the license for the file is displayed in the License tab, as shown in the following screen shot.
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