Welcome - Windows Media License Migration Service

[Adrielle]

:helpsmile:

So what is this?

Downloaded a sound file, tried to play it, :music1: and then got directed to this site:
http://drmlicense.one.microsoft.com/pdrm/e...&embedded=false

The text reads, in part:

Welcome to Windows Media Personal License Migration Service.
You have reached this page because you are attempting to do one of the following with content that was copied from CDs:

Restore the content on a computer or operating system that has been upgraded, or
Use existing content on another one of your computers.

<blah blah blah, snip>

Any unauthorized use of the content may be a violation of the law, including U.S. and international copyright laws, and may subject you to civil and criminal prosecution.

Have I now identified my I.P. address to Microsoft as one that is trying to steal this file? Why am I getting this suddenly -- are they planting bogus files here to trap me? Did this happen because I just accepted big brother on to my computer by accepting one of those XP "critical updates?"

If this is already discussed in depth somewhere, please refer me. I can&#39;t find it doing a search.

Thanks&#33;

[Adrielle]

OK, OK. :confused:

My Microsoft paranoia hackles are starting to lower. Apparently some bozo posted a .wma file that is DRM protected. Here is one thread of others that talk about this, and so apparently this has been around for a while:

http://www.asylumnation.com/asylum/_r/show...threadid_28959/

So if I just filter out wma&#39;s again this will go away (lost my filters a while back when got new machine). Although I did find posts that suggested ways of getting around this and still using the file, I can&#39;t figure out how to do it, maybe that was just idle speculation. I&#39;m still glad I posted, because maybe now if someone else does a search they will find this post if nothing else.

But -- still -- can Microsoft hand off my IP now to one of these piracy hounds -- or am I being too damn paranoid about all of this?

Also, related, if I reboot my DSL connection can I get a new IP address? Someone told me this is possible who is semi-technical but in a semi-technically vague way so I couldn&#39;t figure out how to do it.

BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING US, AND HE BRINGING HIS FRIENDS&#33; :