MSN Music DRM Servers Going Dark In September 543
PDQ Back writes to tell us about an email Microsoft sent to former customers of MSN Music today. The company said it would be turning off the DRM servers used to authorize playback of music purchased from the now-defunct MSN Music store. "'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. This doesn't just apply to the five different computers that PlaysForSure allows users to authorize, it also applies to operating systems on the same machine (users need to reauthorize a machine after they upgrade from Windows XP to Windows Vista, for example). Once September rolls around, users are committed to whatever five machines they may have authorized — along with whatever OS they are running."
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Sorry, been a long day studying for exams.
"MSN Music DRM Servers Going Dark In September" (Score:3, Funny)
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Free Brown Zunes for everyone?
-- Terry
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Right?
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I believe the term "Plays For Now(tm)" is more appropriate. Goes for all DRM content too.
PlaysForSure (Score:3, Funny)
PlaysForAsLongAsWeTellYouItPlaysNowFuckOff would have been more appropriate.
Re:Why is this news? Because it's Microsoft. (Score:4, Funny)
Apparently you missed the part where it is a Ford?
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Piracy (Score:4, Funny)
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Re:Why is this news? Because it's Microsoft. (Score:4, Funny)
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Re:Why is this news? Because it's Microsoft. (Score:4, Funny)
Also if you tried to circumvent your OWN van's security, the DRM Partyvan would turn up at your door.
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Re:Since when does XP require authentication? (Score:3, Funny)
So when I finally had to actually use Windows on this machine, I had to suffer through a lengthy phone call to Microsoft before I could actually use my legal copy. Good thing I wasn't in a hurry, and good thing I expect things like that from Windows.
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