arstechnica.com — Microsoft plans to turn off its MSN Music authorization servers at the end of this summer, according to an e-mail sent out to customers today. It's another reminder that DRM means you don't fully own the media you bought.
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zetsurinApr 23, 2008
I have 'American Elections' switched off for good reason. Take it somewhere else. Buried.
yugiohdan6Apr 23, 2008
the fact is most people (the kind of people that buy e-machines and other undesirable brands) don't upgrade their operating system, they just usually buy a new pc...
Closed AccountApr 23, 2008
Most music I have, does not have a way to buy it... and thus, you either track down hard to find cds from other countries, or pirate.
corrosionxApr 23, 2008
Everyone who bought DRM-laced music got what they asked for. Next time, just f*cking pirate it.
deanshultzApr 23, 2008
|People who bought DRMed goods implicitly told the industry "These are goods we want"|-really? We said "We want crippled music files? Crippled files that we pay for and will expire in just a few years?! " I know I didn't say that. People who wanted to keep it legal bought what was available. If, instead, artists stopped publishing because their titles just got ripped-off instead of sold, how many here would complain about the lack of music?
transienttrpApr 23, 2008
Why can't they keep a server running which provides the authorization keys? I mean, common... it's Microsoft. One more server aint gonna hurt.
lovettApr 28, 2008
Dear customer,We are sorry to inform you that we are about to f**k up your entire music collection because we have decided that it is in our best interest to suddenly make MSN Music not exist any more. Unfortunately s**t happens. And stop complaining about Vista, it hurts our feelingsYour Pal,Microsoft
deviousbroccoliMay 25, 2008
Looks like Google actually made up for said incident, offering full refunds and Google Checkout credit, among other things.<a class="user" href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070821-google-video-store-gets-stay-of-execution-full-refunds-coming.html">http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070821-goog ...</a>