Vista - MSN Music To Delete DRM Keys - Say Goodbye To Your Music

06-21-2008

Follow-up for those concerned: the deadline was extended to 2011. I think
everyone actually concerned/involved got an email from MSN Music already,
but -- just in case people missed it, that's what I heard.

Relevant coverage (random news links that were short and didn't have big
ads):
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=480
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13526_3-9973196-27.html
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/06...soft-msn-music

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Quote:

> MSN Music To Delete DRM Keys - Say Goodbye To Your Music
> "Customers who have purchased music from Microsoft's now-defunct MSN Music
> store are now facing a decision they never anticipated making: commit to
> which computers (and OS) they want to authorize forever, or give up access
> to the music they paid for. Why? Because Microsoft has decided that it's
> done supporting the service and will be turning off the MSN Music license
> servers by the end of this summer."
>
> http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post...-drm-keys.html

06-21-2008	#11 (permalink)
zachd [MSFT] n/a posts	Re: MSN Music To Delete DRM Keys - Say Goodbye To Your Music Follow-up for those concerned: the deadline was extended to 2011. I think everyone actually concerned/involved got an email from MSN Music already, but -- just in case people missed it, that's what I heard. Relevant coverage (random news links that were short and didn't have big ads): http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=480 http://news.cnet.com/8301-13526_3-9973196-27.html http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/06...soft-msn-music -- Speaking for myself only. See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. -- "john" <john@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:uCIRGT$qIHA.2256@xxxxxx Quote: > MSN Music To Delete DRM Keys - Say Goodbye To Your Music > "Customers who have purchased music from Microsoft's now-defunct MSN Music > store are now facing a decision they never anticipated making: commit to > which computers (and OS) they want to authorize forever, or give up access > to the music they paid for. Why? Because Microsoft has decided that it's > done supporting the service and will be turning off the MSN Music license > servers by the end of this summer." > > http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post...-drm-keys.html
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