Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Microsoft and DRM screws you

Had you been one of those dumb enough to have "bought" music from the now defunct Microsoft music store (and you would have had to have been very short sighted to have done so), guess what!

Customers who have purchased music from Microsoft's now-defunct MSN Music store are now facing a decision they never anticipated making: commit to which computers (and OS) they want to authorize forever, or give up access to the music they paid for. Why? Because Microsoft has decided that it's done supporting the service and will be turning off the MSN Music license servers by the end of this summer...

...Microsoft's decision to turn off the MSN Music authorization servers serves as a painful reminder that DRM ultimately severely limits your rights.


That should come as no surprise, and if it does, perhaps you deserve Microsoft's contempt.

Read more here.

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