Windows media player on mac

Hi- I have seen some Q&A on this topic which has been somewhat helpful. I started out by downloading Windows Media player 9 for Mac OSX but when I opened it I just got a bunch of nonsense. Checking this discussion board directed me to Flip4Mac which I downloaded but I still can't play a bunch of music I previously bought from Microsoft.
The songs all end in .wma and when I click on the song I get an error message that says the application can't open the movie. It's not a movie...it's a song. Any suggestions?
thank you!

If they are protected WMA files (ie with DRM) then the only way to play them on a Mac is by using one of the options available and install Windows.
Protected WMA files can not be played on OS X.
iFelix

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