Burning "Protected" Audio Files to CD?
 

Is this possible?

I got these from a friend who I believe just used media player to extract these songs from his CD's to his computer - however they are "protected" files and it will not allow me to burn them to a CD.

Is there any way around this or any type of file conversion I can go through to get this to work?

Thanks!

No

i read somewhere ther's a wma protection goaround but its illegal under the dmca.
You can do that OR
Open your friend's WMP,
TOOL>License Management
Backup Now - Save to A:\ drive or whatever
then take that file to your computer
then go same place but instead Restore Now

This will allow you to play his songs, but no idea if it'll burn. I've never tried it myself for you can just turn off the option of protecting files in the options dialoge. I hope this helps

again i beleive this is illegal under the dmca and keep in mind i'm guessing this'll work since i've never had a use of doing this

Rip to MP3, burn later.

I simply just coppied his music over to my computer through the college network and the songs played fine -- no problem there :)

;) of course!

remember guys, he already has the file; he wants to know how he can burn them, not re-rip - should be smart enough to know that he CAN rerip

the reason why it doesn't work is because of WMP's liscencing "option" where anything you burn will be connected with the local machine's certificate. this only allows the orignial computer to listen. You can either copy that certificate or turn it off and reburn. if it were up to me mp3 192bit OR ogg rips are fine-not wma(they simply make the songs a little louder so you have the impression that the rip sounds "better")