DRM Worst-Case Scenario
Microsoft is [obviously] not going out of business any time soon, but it’s gotten to be just too much of a hassle for them to continue to support their PlaysForSure Digital Rights Management scheme that they pushed on device manufacturers and customers for years, before deciding that it wasn’t good enough for their own Zune.
They’ve notified their customers that no new authorizations for playing a given song on a given PC or a given device will be issued after August 31, though any existing authorizations will continue to work, as long as you’ve started to play the song at least once on the existing PC or device, and haven’t had to reinstall Windows, or purchased a new PC or device that you were hoping to play music on. Enjoy!
(”So, everybody run out and buy a Zune! We’ll never screw you over a second time!”)
One customer posted the text of the letter, along with his “snarky translation of the meaning”:
“MSN Music is constantly striving to provide you, our user, with the most compelling music experience that we can. We want to tell you about an upcoming change to our support service to ensure you have a seamless experience with the music you’ve downloaded from MSN Music.”
Translation: We’ve got bad news that’s really going to piss you off, and we need to soften you up first…
Read the full Dear-John Letter from MSN Music, and Translation
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