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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Thing is, I'm not anti-microsoft. To try and create a product that works as well as it does all over the world on so many different systems is really a miracle. Their engineering expertise is amazing. I just don't like the way they wield their market power. And I'm very anti-drm. And when you put those 2 things together it is just evil.
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"The problem with any ideology is that it gives the answer before you look at the evidence."
—Bill Clinton
"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance--it is the illusion of knowledge."
—Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, former Librarian of Congress
"But the Senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity"
—WKRP in Cincinatti
Even Windows is compatible with mac! I've actually played half life two on my buddy's mac that he has loaded windows XP on.
which automatically nullifies every advantage Apple advertises for the mac, you're just turning it into a very expensive PC. course you can go the other way as well, and load MacOS onto a standard PC and turn it into a very cheap mac
which automatically nullifies every advantage Apple advertises for the mac, you're just turning it into a very expensive PC. course you can go the other way as well, and load MacOS onto a standard PC and turn it into a very cheap mac
Microsoft closing MSN music - DRM screws over purchasers
I've actually played half life two on my buddy's mac that he has loaded windows XP on.
