Convert WMA protected content to ACC version?

Jringe01 wrote:

Now much of that music is lost to my ITunes and now I no longer have the CD's having sold them

Then you should delete the music as you no longer have a license (the physical CD) to keep it.

is there any way I can get ITunes to accept and play the protected content

No. You need the computer you RIPd the CD with.

Jringe01 wrote:

For many years I used a Windows PC. Then I was given an IPod as a gift so I started using ITunes. I found it necessary to maintain 2 copies of all my music, one for Windows and one for ITunes.

That was not "necessary" at all. You could have kept all your music in MP3 format and used the same format in Windows, iTunes, and virtually every other player, program and device in the world.

Are you sure your WMA music is protected? If not, get a converter and convert them to MP3. If they are indeed protected, use Windows Media Player to burn them to an audio CD, which can be used just like any other audio CD.

Jringe01 wrote:

I paid for the music...and The Canadian Supreme Court has ruled that I have every right to keep it on my computer as long as it's only for my personal use

and as long as you own the CD.

I never said you could not RIP CDs.

Once you get rid of the CDs, you no longer have a license to keep the RIP'd songs, so no, it is not moot.

Jringe01 wrote:

It was necessary because every single time ITunes would update there would be a problem of some sort (music misplaced or missing) so I needed a second, Windows media version to keep everything straight and help me rebuild my ITunes library to the way I wanted it to look (song order, title etc). I had no idea I could keep my windows media songs saved as MP3...they were always saved as WMA and when you rip a cd into Windows media I don't see an option to rip it as an MP3 rather than WMA

Whenever I try to add WMA protected files into ITunes I get the pop up box and the properties confirms it...they are protected

Burner burned out :-( Guess I'm up the creek and out $$$

Jringe,

Windows Media Player has always had a "Rip Setting" to allow ripping to MP3 format, but I guess that is too late now.

Since your burner is not working, get temporary access to another machine.