Microsoft closing MSN music - DRM screws over purchasers
And for people who bought music off of it, they will never be able to move that music to another computer. The servers which authenticate the music to allow it to run are going to be turned off. So if the people who bought that music ever want to move that music to another computer, or even upgrade the OS, those songs will not be able to authenticate and will never play again.
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"As of August 31, 2008, we will no longer be able to support the retrieval of license keys for the songs you purchased from MSN Music or the authorization of additional computers," reads the e-mail seen by Ars. "You will need to obtain a license key for each of your songs downloaded from MSN Music on any new computer, and you must do so before August 31, 2008. If you attempt to transfer your songs to additional computers after August 31, 2008, those songs will not successfully play."
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post...-drm-keys.html
So much for Microsoft's "Plays for sure".
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