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I get a message about acquiring a license when I try to play certain media files. What does that mean?

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I get a message about acquiring a license when I try to play certain media files. What does that mean?

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That means that the file is protected by Digital Rights Management (DRM), which is a sort of copyright protection method. You generally need to buy a license before you are allowed to play the file.