Monday, April 28, 2008
MSN Music To Delete DRM Keys - Say Goodbye To Your Music
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "Pocket PC Content" @ 08:00 AM
"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."
Just one more reason to love DRM. The only real option you have to keep your music is to burn it to CD then rip it back. That solution works ok for entire CD's downloaded, but it is a bit of a pain for individual songs as you have to spend a lot of time putting the song info back into the track, like the album name, artist, etc. This is why the only place I currently buy digital music from is Amazon, where their MP3's are unlocked to begin with.
Just one more reason to love DRM. The only real option you have to keep your music is to burn it to CD then rip it back. That solution works ok for entire CD's downloaded, but it is a bit of a pain for individual songs as you have to spend a lot of time putting the song info back into the track, like the album name, artist, etc. This is why the only place I currently buy digital music from is Amazon, where their MP3's are unlocked to begin with.
