In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
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on Tue, 29 Jul 2008 08:40:52 +0000
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> Yahoo Music to offer refunds, what about MSN?
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> | Yahoo Music is offering refunds to anyone who bought songs from the service.
> | Is it time for MSN Music follow Yahoo's lead?
> |
> | Yahoo announced last week that it would no longer issue authorization keys
> | for the digital rights management, or DRM, software on its songs. This meant
> | that anyone who bought songs from the service would still be able to hear
> | their songs through its service but would be unable to move them to other
> | devices or computers.
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> http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10000708-93.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
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> DRM should be illegal. Apple and others still play with it.
I'm not sure about DRM being illegal, but Yahoo clearly
broke trust; I'm wondering what they did is in fact
illegal.
At least they're offering refunds.
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>
> Recent:
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> EFF: Yahoo Music should compensate customers
OK, offering refunds perhaps under duress. ;-)
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> | Yahoo Music is telling customers that it won't allow users who bought songs
> | from the service to transfer them to new devices or PCs after September 30.
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> http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-9999244-93.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
> http://tinyurl.com/68pvfl
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> EFF: Microsoft betrayed MSN Music customers
Indeed.
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> | The Electronic Frontier Foundation says that Microsoft has "betrayed" MSN
> | Music customers and wants the company to make things right by issuing an
> | apology, refunds, and eliminate digital rights management technology from the
> | Zune music player.
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> http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9931304-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
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