Quote Originally Posted by Jimfish
i dont understand what it would actually do?
does it mean you buy a WMA file and and you can only play it back on the pc you bought it on or somthing?
if so that sounds wank, if not then what does it do?
With Napster tracks for example you can register 3 PC's to work with the WMA's that you buy. You can unregister and register new computers as your computer setup changes...

And look, regarding all the posts to this point…….. the original point of this thread is not to turn it into a Microsoft sucks post or to debate weather WMA will ever be cracked... The point is that it’s a strong format that is safe to the average user. The "MP3" name alone just has too much bad blood associated with it, it scares everyone. WMA is a welcome coming. Soon every new online retailer of mainstream music (Napster, Yahoo, Rapsoity….. everyone except ITunes) will use WMA. It’s not going to be an obscure format any longer. I imaging in the next release of windows or further updates to WMA it will only get stronger.