__/ [ arachnid ] on Saturday 16 September 2006 00:48 \__
> Now why does this sound like something the RIAA would come up with?
>
> http://crave.cnet.co.uk/digitalmusic/0,39029432,49283610,00.htm
>
> "There's the spirit of sharing, which Zune encourages by letting Zunies
> swap music over a built-in wireless network. But all things must pass --
> in this case, within 72 hours. You'll have three days in which to listen
> to each song three times, at which point it is summoned back to the
> great server in the sky. Doesn't matter if you're passing your parents a
> recording you made of your kid being cute -- Zune will banish it. Unless
> Microsoft is willing to let other companies join in the fun, your
> chances of sharing anything will be limited by the number of other Zune
> owners within a 50m radius. Perhaps that's the new digital rights
> management strategy -- Zero Users, No Exchange."
Better memorise that tune and sing it to yourself. After 3 times, only the
memories remain. Music is a good way of returning to memories. Collecting it
is, at least in part, what gives it value. DRM is adverse to archival. Boy,
it'll hurt when uninformed end-users wake up. Sadly, they are passive,
So... does that Zune play Ogg Vorbis?
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