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20 out of 28 people found this review helpful
1.5 stars
"Stylish, but MP3 is crippled"
Pros: Very stylish. Hardware feels very solid and durable.
Cons: MP3s have to be encrypted with Sony software before you can play them
Summary: I bought this player for our teenage daughter, because I was sure the style would make her fall in love with it immediately. She did. But then we tried dragging and dropping her favourite MP3s onto the unit, only to discover that it doesn't work that way. You have to run MP3s through a special obfuscation software by Sony in order to play them. You cannot move these obfuscated MP3s off of the device afterwards -- so our daughter wouldn't be able to share music with her friends with this device. I explained this to her, and she immediately agreed that she would rather have a slightly less stylish, but "free" MP3 player, that allows her to do anything with her music that she wants. We returned the unit to the dealer the next day, and bought her another one for the same price, which does allow drag-and-drop.
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Actually if you read the manual once you will see that you can put MP3's on the player without incription. Unfortunately you won't be taking advantage of the compression that comes with it. The software compresses the music to half the size without lose of quality.
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It's illegal to give MP3's to your friends. It's a violation of copyrights.
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ok sony may have mis-used the term "drag and drop" but it's not very hard to click and transfer files you want. I didn't find it hard to use at all. I found this mp3 player extremely easy to use and I'm glad I tried it on my own instead of listening to the many bad reviews it got.
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Your daughter giving music files to her friends is comitting a crime.
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FYI there are no problems with the software if you recieve your music legally. You shouldn't need to share your music with someone else.
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Please read this:
http://www.siliconpopculture.com/review/109_0_2_0_M9/ -
What you are suggesting is, I think beyond fair use of content, isn't it?
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In May 2005, sony is releasing a drag and drop software for this player. Although the mp3 is converted on the player, the converted file isn't stored on the hard drive of your computer. You can transfer the converted file from the player to any other computer.
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