When playlists are created, is a second copy of the song made?

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Published on 2010-04-23T18:00:21Z Indexed on 2010/04/23 18:03 UTC
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I'm curious about how playlists work, whether they be on a Zune or a PC, such as Windows Media Player or the Zune Software... When a playlist is created, is a copy of the song made? eg, the playlist has it's "own" copy of the songs in the playlist? OR, does it just "bookmark" where each song in its list is, and play it from there? Thanks!

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