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It looks like partnering with Microsoft in the music space was a huge error: and it looks like customers of those partners are taking it in the shorts:
Microsoft's Zune will not play protected Windows Media Audio and Video purchased or "rented" from Napster 2.0, Rhapsody, Yahoo! Unlimited, Movielink, Cinemanow, or any other online media service. That's right -- the media that Microsoft promised would Play For Sure doesn't even play on Microsoft's own device. Buried in footnote 4 of its press release, Microsoft clearly states that "Zune software can import audio files in unprotected WMA, MP3, AAC; photos in JPEG; and videos in WMV, MPEG-4, H.264" -- protected WMA and WMV (not to mention iTunes DRMed AAC) are conspicuously absent.
If you made the mistake of getting into the Plays For Sure DRM room, MS just hacked off your kneecaps. Explain to me again how DRM is "no problem", and how consumers shouldn't care?
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