http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/ Engadget Comments for Microsoft backtracks, will keep MSN Music DRM servers online until 2011 http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/Jun 19th 2008 4:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/Jun 19th 2008 7:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/Jun 19th 2008 8:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/
URGE (a service between MTV and MS) came with still DRM tracks, and a music rental system. Then it died too, though it wasn't a bad store considering content.

Zune Marketplace offers 2 million DRM-free tracks in MP3 format. At the same price too, and isn't watermarked. Kinda refutes your point that Microsoft is so DRM-laden, right?
]]>Jun 19th 2008 5:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/
Seems quite simple]]>Jun 19th 2008 4:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/Jun 19th 2008 4:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/Frankly you should give it a try (Vista 64-bit that is, the 32-bit this last minute crap. In fact most issues reported only effects Vista 32-bit), as all drivers are fix, and SP1, it's pretty much all fixed up, and runs smoother and is more responsive, and runs application way faster (thank you super fetch) than XP ever dreamed. Also it take 20min installed compared to a full day with XP (good luck if you have a PCI-E and high-end SATA controller, as XP hates anything newer then itself.)

Anyway Vista bad start will make Microsoft re-pack Vista as Windows 7. Exactly what XP was over 2000. I mean come on, Vista has more new features then XP had over 2000. And look now, you use XP.]]>Jun 19th 2008 9:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/Jun 19th 2008 4:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/Jun 19th 2008 4:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/
Just one reason why DRM is such a consumer-hostile piece of crud. But of course, seeing how laws keep getting more and more insane with regards to copyrights, I don't see a light at the end of the tunnel for quite a while. I mean since when is bypassing some copyright laws supposed to be treated more harshly in courts than violent crimes against actual people? Sheesh. ]]>Jun 19th 2008 4:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/Jun 19th 2008 10:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/Jun 19th 2008 4:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/Jun 19th 2008 4:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/Jun 19th 2008 5:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/Jun 19th 2008 6:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/
Personally I still buy cds since there is no drm nonsense and the quality of the ripped music is higher.]]>Jun 19th 2008 6:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/Jun 19th 2008 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/Jun 19th 2008 5:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/Jun 19th 2008 6:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/
1. Provide owners with DRM-free versions of the tracks they purchased.

2. Put in place a deal with that another PlaysForSure service that allows the user to download new versions of the tracks that they'd purchased from Microsoft with the DRM in place.

Option 1 is most preferable, but Option 2 at least allows the user to continue to listen to the music that they'd purchased. Simply delaying the date when you'll effectively lock a customer's music collection away is not an acceptable solution today, and it sure won't be then either.]]>Jun 19th 2008 7:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/Jun 19th 2008 7:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/Jun 20th 2008 2:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/
but even that makes you a n00b.]]>Jun 19th 2008 7:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/Jun 19th 2008 12:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/
I hate to be the editor on this one, but shouldn't it be "but if you haven't....."

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[] = joke.]]>Jun 19th 2008 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/Frankly you should give it a try (Vista 64-bit that is, the 32-bit this last minute crap. In fact most issues reported only effects Vista 32-bit), as all drivers are fix, and SP1, it's pretty much all fixed up, and runs smoother and is more responsive, and runs application way faster (thank you super fetch) than XP ever dreamed. Also it take 20min installed compared to a full day with XP (good luck if you have a PCI-E and high-end SATA controller, as XP hates anything newer then itself.)

Anyway Vista bad start will make Microsoft re-pack Vista as Windows 7. Exactly what XP was over 2000. I mean come on, Vista has more new features then XP had over 2000. And look now, you use XP.]]>Jun 19th 2008 9:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/Jun 19th 2008 9:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/
http://tunebite.com/en/remove_drm/]]>Jun 19th 2008 9:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/Jun 19th 2008 9:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/Jun 19th 2008 10:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/Jun 19th 2008 11:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/19/microsoft-backtracks-will-keep-msn-music-drm-servers-online-unt/
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