This movie cannot be seen on ATV....

I own my ATV since 2 years now - and still don't have much fun with it. Again and again I get the message "This content cannot be shown on ATV" despite I bought or leased movies from iTunes Store. That's ridiculous! The support info is to update or reset ATV... I've got the latest software on it and I want to watch a movie - not set up this device again and again!
DRM as this is the best way to convince even those guys who are willing to buy legally and pay for the stuff to go for pirated movies and music!
Regards from Shanghai - from now I'm going to buy latest movies now for USD3 each - and can watch and share them as I like!
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Is this with streaming or synced stuff?
With streaming error messages often mean the file can't be accessed not that it can't be played - sometmes I think due to a timeout of network connectivity when drives are waking up.
I agree with you that it makes you question why yet again it's the genuine paying customer who's inconvenienced by DRM and the pirates/downloaders just go about watching what they want for free and save a packet.

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