Can they do this? That's something else entirely. No, contractually they can't. The recording label owns the music, not you, not Microsoft. They signed agreements on what they would offer, charge, and pay to the music companies. There is a HIGH degree of certainty in the statements that
A) You never write in caveats in business agreements about what you will do if the business fails - that will never get you business partners, but will make them scatter. Failures are a reality, but no one wants to address them or talk about them, especially when a new business is starting.
B) When you think about failures of a company, there is never jargon entered into contracts about how to handle things in the event that the business fails (see point A).
I highly doubt MS want's to piss people off or inconvenience potential future customers, but that said, they also cannot legally give the music away now.
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Neal @ Apr 23rd 2008 10:58AM
Should they do this? I think so.
Can they do this? That's something else entirely. No, contractually they can't. The recording label owns the music, not you, not Microsoft. They signed agreements on what they would offer, charge, and pay to the music companies. There is a HIGH degree of certainty in the statements that
A) You never write in caveats in business agreements about what you will do if the business fails - that will never get you business partners, but will make them scatter. Failures are a reality, but no one wants to address them or talk about them, especially when a new business is starting.
B) When you think about failures of a company, there is never jargon entered into contracts about how to handle things in the event that the business fails (see point A).
I highly doubt MS want's to piss people off or inconvenience potential future customers, but that said, they also cannot legally give the music away now.