Zune problems for MSN customers
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| ...in a move that could alienate some customers, MSN-bought tracks
| will not be compatible with the new gadget.
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| The move could also spell problems for the makers of MP3 players
| which are built to work with the MSN store.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6120272.stm
Related:
MPAA: Frustrated Consumers Will Pirate
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| The MPAA's Brad Hunt outlined some of the ways the MPAA is working
| to standardize content protection controls in the age of digital
| home networking. But he also acknowledged that piracy is the
| consumer's answer to the content industry's inability to provide
| a simple digital-rights-management solution.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20061016/tc_zd/191502
Big labels are f*cked, and DRM is dead - Peter Jenner
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| Few people know the music industry better than Peter Jenner. Pink
| Floyd's first manager, who subsequently managed Syd Barrett's solo
| career, Jenner has also looked after T.Rex, The Clash, Ian Dury,
| Disposable Heroes and Billy Bragg - who he manages today. He's also
| secretary general of the International Music Managers Forum.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/03/peter_jenner/
Closed systems leave song buyers out in the cold
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| The top consumer complaint at online music service Napster:
| Songs purchased at Napster won't play on Apple's iPod.
|
| It's not Napster's fault. Apple's (AAPL) hugely successful iPod
| business is built on a closed system. You shop at iTunes MusicS
| tore for digital songs and use iTunes software to transfer them
| effortlessly to the iPod.
|
| The system works great for iPod owners. For others, there's a
| chaos of competing formats.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20061016/tc_usatoday/closedsystemsleavesongbuyersoutinthecold
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