Rented Movies on 5th Generation iPod

Can you rent movies and watch them on your 5th generation iPod?
I've rented two mvoies. The first one wouldn't copy, I reported it to support they refunded me, I tried renting a different one 3 weeks later (today) and the same message pops up
"Unable to copy to iPod because this item can not be played on this iPod"
Why not?
My iTunes and iPod are up to date. What could be wrong?

Can you rent movies and watch them on your 5th generation iPod?
No.
Why not?
That iPod doesn't have the hardware components needed to implement the time expiry part of the rented movie DRM model.
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