Windows Media Player DRM

Just wondering if there's any work-around for the problem of certain sites using Windows Media Player's Digital Rights Management when it comes to playing video on like MTV.com and MediaZone.com.
Below is the message I get when trying to play video on MTV's site."
<In order to offer a broad selection of full-length music videos on-demand and free of charge, MTV Overdrive uses Windows Digital Rights Management (DRM) to protect videos from unauthorized re-distribution.
Unfortunately, Microsoft's Windows Media Player Plug-in for Macintosh does not support Windows DRM. If DRM support becomes available for Macintosh, MTV will develop a version of MTV Overdrive that works on a Mac.>
Are Mac users forever screwed on this issue (especially since Microsoft stopped development of their player) or does anyone have a work-around?
Thanks, Ray
1.6Ghz G5 Mac OS X (10.4.4)
1.6Ghz G5

This may change.
Once the EU gets done with it's antitrust rulings against MS, and forces them to unbundle all it's media from the operating system, there may be new versions for mac available.
I think the EU is going to do more than a wrist slap like the US did with MS.
The MS monopoly judge. Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, is now sitting on the FISA court.

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Hi there -
I'm having some real problems trying to watch my beloved Scottish Football games live (or recorded) on my iMac.
I'm a new mac user. Used to be a pc owner (my appologies there) and watched all my games with no problem. Games are shown either live or recorded via Windows Media Player.
I downloaded Windows Media Player for Mac (and something called Stffit Expander), but to no avail.
Problem I seem to have is that the Digital Rights Management (DRM) for Windows Media Player is preventing me from watching the games on a Mac - seems that WMP does not support Safari, although Firefox does not work either, so I guess it is the Operating System? I have been told by a work colleague that basically I'm stuffed unless I put a Windows Operating System on the iMac, which I would really like to avoid doing at this point.
Can anyone out there help me with this at all? Am I destined to miss out on the games because I am now a Mac user? Seems a tad unfair that! If it helps, the websites I watch the games at are www.heartsfc.co.uk and www.internetfootball.co.uk
I'm at my wits end here, but I guess it's my own fault for not checking into this before I bought the iMac.
Anyway, I'd appreciate ideas/comments/recommendations etc, just keep in mind that I am no whizz on the Technical side of things.
Any Scots in Canada with Macs who have the same problem?
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Angus

Hi, Angus.
Unfortunately, you're out of luck:
• Windows Media Player 9 for Mac (WMP9) does not play Windows Media files protected with anything later than version 1.3 of Microsoft's DRM. This is documented here on Microsoft's Web site, under the heading "Support for Digital Rights Management." If the files in question use a version of Microsoft's DRM later than 1.3, they will not play in WMP9 on a Mac.
• Flip4Mac, the replacement for WMP9, does not support any WIndows Media files encoded with Microsoft's DRM on Mac OS X. It states on this page that "Note: Flip4Mac does not support content that is protected with Windows Media digital rights management (DRM). "See also this Flip4Mac Knowledge Base article.
You need to check with the firm from which you view/download the files to determine the version of Windows DRM they employ. Information concerning available versions of Windows DRM can be found here.
Note that this is not a Mac problem: it is due to Microsoft refusing to make its DRM available on the Mac, i.e. a Microsoft business decision intended to keep you locked-in to the Windows platform.
If your iMac is one of the new Intel-based iMacs, then you have two options for running Windows XP on your iMac, which would then permit you to view the videos in Windows:
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• Parallels Desktop for Mac
along with with a copy of Windows XP.
The key difference between these is that Boot Camp requires you startup in either WIndows or Mac OS X: you can only run one OS at a time. Parallels Desktop lets you run Mac OS X and Windows simultaneously.
Both approaches have straightforward installation instructions. If I were in your position, I'd opt for Parallels Desktop given the ability to with with both operating systems simultaneously.
Good luck!
Dr. Smoke
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Merhabalar.
Daha önce çalıştırabildiğim kod şuan çalışmıyor
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bu kodum şuan ki firefox sürümünde çalışmıyor.
araştırmama göre loop u playcount="99" şeklinde yapmam gerekiyormuş bunuda yaptım fakat değişen birşey olmadı.
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Yes I have already tried - Reset DRM using the method described in a post by another MS MPV here in the forum.
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flightdeck4 wrote:
I use Windows Media Player the central location for maitaining my music library. None of my purchases from ITunes end up in WMP, and when I try to open them with WMP, I get an incompatable file message. I am also at a loss when it comes to loading Itune purchases into my MP3 player, which Itunes seems not to recognize
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