Information on error code 80029513 and a possible solution to certain problems.

An error message like this may have just come up on your ps3: "The copyright protection information is invalid (80029513)".

The are a few reasons this might pop up. Maybe you've been sent a new PS3 because your old one broke (check the bottom of the message for this) or you have just created a new user account with a new online ID and deleted your old account.

The latter situation is a problem, you may have transferred all your save games over and all the old games you had are still visible (e.g. downloaded PS1 games or PSN games) but you will not be able to play on them (even game discs where you have downloaded add ons for those games.) The main reason is that you can only play those games with the account that you bought those games with being active and on your system. Your download list is also attached to accounts - so with your new account you don't have the download list that you had before (you can get it back though with your old account). All this is to stop poeple using your account on other PS3 systems and getting games for free.

To solve this problem you will need to create your old account again. Create a new user and call him what you want (Say Friends - you'll see why I call it this later). Log on with this new user and go to "PLAYSTATION network" and select "Sign Up for PLAYSTATION Network" then select "No,I will use an existing account" type in the email you had with your old account and the password and it should automatically come up with the menu screen again and be signed in with your old account.

There is still more to do - you will still not be able to play your old games. First of all go to "PLAYSTATION Network" and select "Account Management" then select "Account Management" and then select "Activate System" select "PLAYSTATION 3 (This System)" select "Game Content" and if it says "This system is currently: ACTIVE" then you are fine and you can click cancel if not just select "activate system". Basically just want your system activated.

Finally to get your games back -go to the PLAYSTATION store and select "View Downloads" at the top of the screen (you can also do all the following in the "Transaction Management" part of the "Account Management" screen). You will need to select each game on the list which is currently installed on your system (including add ons - everything installed on your system) and as soon as the message "Activating please wait" has disappeared and it starts downloading cancel the download by pressing the o button on your controller.

Once this has been done for every game you should be able to play them all - there is no need to download all the games fully, you just need to activate them again. IMPORTANT: bear in mind that you may only activate games 5 times on your system before you cannot activate them and play them anymore.

Now you need to keep the account you just put back on your system because this holds all your old downloads and games. However with your old account back on your PS3 and activated you can play the games on the new account with the new user you created (just make sure you never delete your old account again). I call the old account the friends account so that when friends come over the save games on my new account won't be ruined.

So there you are you can now still be called BIGDADDY6969ohyeahhhh and play your old games.

For people who have had there system replaced - deactivate and reactivate your system as described above and active each of the games as described above - all your games should then work.

I am going to edit what I wrote above so this will be a more comprehensive description of the problems associated with the error code 80029513. I appreciate there are many things this error is linked to. Primarily the error seems to occur when the ps3 cannot verify that the software you are trying to access is legitametly on your system. First off make sure everything is activated! If you don't know what I mean by this keep reading....

There are a few problems I have seen about this error, listed below are possible cases for the error popping up, no doubt there are more...

1) You have just created a new user account with a new online ID and deleted your old account. (this is the most popular case).

2) You've been sent a new PS3 because your old one broke.

3) Neither of the above, you have not deleted your account, and you haven't got a new ps3.

4) Your videos are not playing and showing this error.

Solutions:

1) This situation is a problem, you may have transferred all your save games over and all the old games you had are still visible (e.g. downloaded PS1 games or PSN games) but you will not be able to play on them (even game discs where you have downloaded add ons for those games.) The main reason is that you can only play those games with the account that you bought those games with being active and on your system. Your download list is also attached to accounts - so with your new account you don't have the download list that you had before (you can get it back though). All this is to stop poeple using your account on other PS3 systems and getting games for free.

To solve this problem you will need to create your old account again. Create a new user and call him what you want (Say Friends - you'll see why I call it this later). Log on with this new user and go to "PLAYSTATION network" and select "Sign Up for PLAYSTATION Network" then select "No,I will use an existing account" type in the email you had with your old account and the password and it should automatically come up with the menu screen again and be signed in with your old account.

There is still more to do - you will still not be able to play your old games. First of all go to "PLAYSTATION Network" and select "Account Management" then select "Account Management" and then select "Activate System" select "PLAYSTATION 3 (This System)" select "Game Content" and if it says "This system is currently: ACTIVE" then you are fine and you can click cancel if not just select "activate system". Basically just want your system activated.

Finally to get your games back -go to the PLAYSTATION store and select "View Downloads" at the top of the screen (you can also do all the following in the "Transaction Management" part of the "Account Management" screen). You will need to select each game on the list which is currently installed on your system (including add ons – everything installed on your system) and as soon as the message "Activating please wait" has disappeared and it starts downloading cancel the download by pressing the o button on your controller.

Once this has been done for every game you should be able to play them all – there is no need to download all the games fully, you just need to activate them again. IMPORTANT: bear in mind that you may only activate games on 5 systems before you cannot activate them and play them anymore.

Now you need to keep the account you just put back on your system because this holds all your old downloads and games. However with your old account back on your PS3 and activated you can play the games on the new account you created (just make sure you never delete your old account again). I call the old account the friends account so that when friends come over the save games on my new account won't be ruined.

So there you are you can now still be called BIGDADDY6969ohyeahhhh and play your old games.

2) For people who have had there system replaced deactivate and reactivate your system as described above and active each of the games as described above – all your games should then work.

3) This problem is more difficult than 1) and 2) to deal with. I cannot give a definite answer to this problem, sorry. Make sure, if you have multiple accounts on your system, that the account you downloaded the content off is activated (see above for details) also make sure the actual content on this other account is activated.

Also make sure you don't have more than 5 accounts activated on your system. (although I doubt this is the case.)

Make sure you haven't given your account details to more than 4 people. (Please, please, please take my advise and do not give your account details to strangers on the internet - it is likely they will pass these details onto other people).

If everything is activated okay, then there is a serious problem, try downloading the content again. When all this fails your only option left is to contact Sony. If you have shared your details don't expect a good response from sony, however if you have 1 or more accounts, that are only on your system, and you get the error, contact sony making sure you tell them everything is activated ok and you have not shared your account details with anyone, and maybe they can help.

Sorry I couldn't be more help on this one.

4) I have read a little on people having problems with videos. I personally have no experience of this problem. Make sure, again like 3) everything is activated ok. I have also read that someone had this problem and their videos weren't in their download history, if this is the case there is nothing you can do, if its not in the download history you cannot download and activate without paying for the video again, sorry.

Lastly, if you have been sharing with people (which I still do not recommend you doing), and have their account on your system, but their games no longer work and you get this error, make sure they haven't changed any of the details on their account, in particular their password.

Please leave a message here if you encounter any other problems, OR if you have better solutions to 3) and 4) please message here and I can edit the post again (with full reference to the contributor of course).

I was wondering though, because I haven't tried this in a while, if you delete your old account then try and play the game on your new account then does it still come up with error 80029513? I read somewhere that sony had changed the error message to something else...

If anyone knows what that new message is could you please leave a message here, and once again I can edit my post. If it's still the same then it's not a problem.