How to convert .wma files into something that plays...

So far I still cant get around the digital rights.
And windows wont let any software convert them into .MP3 etc

All I want to do is listen to stuff the I have paid a LOT of money to
download... on my own MP3 player.

Any suggestions?

If I have to I will put a microphone up against the speaker
and re-record it myself - but there HAS to be a better way, no?

Ship

Right - this means WAR!

If I buy something - particularly if I pay for too g*ddam much for it
- then
frankly it's mine. If the law says otherwise then the law isnt just an
ass, it
is asking to get a damned good kicking from otherwise law abiding
citizens like me.

I feel betrayed and legged over. I concede that I hadnt done my
research
but time is short and my salesman in Comet strongly implied that there
wouldnt be any of these type of problems ("unlike iTunes").

If I have to convert the godamned stuff into analogue, play it though
my hi-fi and record it back into digital, then I am going to.

Mark my words this it Digital Rights shit is TOTALLY unacceptable.
I need to be able to play and listen to my own godamned purchases on
an
medium I choose. And if I end up in prison so be it.

This may be a stupid question but can't I burn it to my hard disk -
rather than
waste expensive CDs??

Ship
Shipeton Henethe

Actually it's only "burning" when you create a CD or DVD. When you load
an MP3 player, it's called "loading" or "transferring."

And "synchronize" isn't just transferring a file. It's a specific kind
of transfer where basically the program transfers all the music in its
database to the MP3 player.

Welcome to the world of Digital Rights Management, which is more about
forcing you to do only what the vendor wants you to do with their music,
rather than protecting anybody's rights.

You didn't do your homework before buying your music or your MP3 player.

WMAs bought online will only play on WMA+DRM and PlaysForSure MP3
players such as Creative's "Zen Micro".

Sony's players, on the other hand, play music bought only from their own
"Connect" store.

This is where you're wrong. They AREN'T yours. They belong to the
copyright holders and they're just allowing you to listen to them.

If the WMAs have burning permissions, then you can burn a music CD and
then use something like CDex to "rip" it back to MP3.

I believe that any of the new MP-3 players accept several formats and
automatically play them in whatever they are transferred in. Maybe you
could check the instruction CD disc that you should have received with
the player.
I just bought a new 1 GB san disk and I just loaded it from my Sting
CD using Windows media player. It was pretty easy, rip means take it
off the CD, and Burn means to load it on the MP3, and Sychronize
transfers the file.