Zen Micro - Yahoo Music Engine says no license to x

Here's my problem and what the Yahoo Music Engine FAQ says (please see my comments below):

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I Get an Error Saying My Songs Are Not Licensed for Transfer When I Try to Transfer to a Portable Device. What Do I Do?
If you see an error indicating your songs may not be licensed for transfer:
This might be an issue with Yahoo! Music Unlimited subscription music if you are trying to transfer subscription music. Your subscription music licenses are renewed automatically, but in some cases, you may need to manually renew them. This might occur if you have not logged on for several weeks. If you have an up-to-date subscription to Yahoo! Music Unlimited and you see an error message when trying to transfer subscription music to a device, or your songs on the device will not play, try the following:
Sign in to Yahoo! Music Unlimited. Be sure you're online.
Download a Yahoo! Music Unlimited subscription song, or play a previously downloaded subscription song from My Music while online.
Reconnect your portable device. When the name shows up in the left pane, your device should now be updated. </LI>
This is driving me crazy.
Following the FAQ advice does not always work.
)Sometimes you can download the song to YME My Music and xfer directly to the Zen.
2) Sometimes after the download you can play any downloaded song from YME My Music before the xfer to Zen will work.
3) Sometimes after the download have to play the just downloaded song from the YME My Music before you can xfer that song to the Zen Micro.
Can anyone provide insight?
(Sorry if this is not exactly a Creative Zen issue.)
Thanks.

It isn't strictly related to our players, but I'm sure there are other people on the board that use the same service, so they might be able to help.
But it might be a good idea to send a mail to Yahoo aswell, to see what they advise.
Cat

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