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NS_E_DRM_LICENSE_CONTENT_REVOKED
The exact DRM condition
NS_E_DRM_LICENSE_CONTENT_REVOKED is Windows Media DRM HRESULT 0xC00D27E1. It identifies the content owner no longer supports the protected content associated with the license. The useful scope is the evaluation step that matches a license to protected content and decides whether the requested action is allowed under dates, counters, application security, device registration and output restrictions; it is not a generic statement that the media player, network or file system failed.
Retain issuer, content/KID identity and revocation metadata.
The surrounding protocol and store state
Possessing a license does not imply that every operation is permitted; rights and restrictions are evaluated for the requested action. The same content can have several licenses, so diagnostics must identify the license actually selected by the DRM component.
Evidence worth preserving
- Protected identity: remaining counts, device registration and revocation state.
- Operation state: requested action such as play, copy, burn or transfer.
- Persistence or transport: license ID, KID and content-header identity.
- Security context: valid-from, expiration and secure-clock values.
- Correlation point: application security level and required output protection.
Related codes and the diagnostic split
| Result | Different condition |
|---|---|
NS_E_DRM_LICENSE_SECLOW | The DRM security level of the client is lower than the license requires. |
NS_E_DRM_LICENSE_APP_NOTALLOWED | The license does not permit use by the current player application. |
NS_E_DRM_STORE_NOTALLOWED | Current machine or policy state does not permit this license to be stored. |
Diagnostic sequence
- Prove the boundary by ensuring you can retain issuer, content/KID identity and revocation metadata.
- After you obtain a newer supported content package and license from the provider, verify both the requested right and the final store/device state.
Correcting the producing condition
Resolve the underlying condition directly: obtain a newer supported content package and license from the provider. A player reinstall, reboot or new license request is useful only when it changes the condition “license content revoked” and can be verified against the original evidence.
Representative case: An old protected file remains intact but its content license has been revoked.
Actions that do not prove a fix
- Avoid changing the system clock or bypassing output protection to make a time- or security-bound license appear valid.
- Avoid treating every policy denial as damaged media or a missing codec.
Regression check
Repeat the operation that originally returned it. Assert the exact HRESULT at the producing API in the failing “license content revoked” fixture; then change only the relevant precondition and confirm that the corrected run completes without substituting a neighboring DRM result. After correcting it, verify the requested action and the final license-store, secure-clock, device or migration state relevant to “license content revoked”.
Code-specific operational note
The user-facing message “The content owner for the license you just acquired is no longer supporting their content. Contact the content owner for a newer version of the content.” describes the visible condition but does not identify the producing API, object instance, or protected identity by itself.
Technical references
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