blogs.law.harvard.edu — Microsoft's Zune will not play protected Windows Media Audio and Video purchased or "rented" from Napster 2.0, Rhapsody, Yahoo! Unlimited, Movielink, Cinemanow, or any other online media service. That's right -- the media that Microsoft promised would Play For Sure doesn't even play on Microsoft's own device.
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yage2006Sep 15, 2006
hahaha brilliant.If someone doesn't get fired over this and that decision changed the zune has no chance at all.
cpuguySep 16, 2006
----posted to wrong article.
rootdaddySep 16, 2006
I stand corrected:<a class="user" href="http://www.betanews.com/article/The_Chances_of_Zunes_Success/1158371632">http://www.betanews.com/article/The_Chances_of_Zunes_Success/1158371632</a>(and by "I stand corrected" I do mean about the Zune. When it comes to Balmer, I stand my ground.)
noamsmlSep 16, 2006
Actually, I use an iRiver T30, since the iPod costs too much and doesn't support ogg (for ripping CDs on my linux laptop) or wma (for ripping CDs on my parents' windows computer via Windows Media Player). The T30 is also the way by which I learned of the woes of Doesn'tPlayForSure, and, specifically, the proprietary MTP protocol, used in iRiver models in the US.(Thankfully, I found a firmware update that converted my player to a UMS device, allowing me to transfer music from any computer, any way I want to)
mofokerSep 18, 2006
ill wait until there are hands on reviews and not go all hysterical before that..i already own 1 creative zen vision m..like it very much...I'd give it a try but of course AFTER hands on reviews actually come out..then like a crazy man ill make my decision to buy one...but not going to go LOCO before that like alot of our digg brethren
tektalkSep 18, 2006
"let's be pirates!" and get it all back