For the record, the Zune allows users to transfer the files to other Zunes via WiFi. But the transferred files can't be retransferred to someone else,. and they disappear after three days or three playings. Add this to the minor annoyance that the music on the Zune has to be turned off in order to transfer a file, and the ever-present threat of Microsoft imposing new restrictions under the guise of 'firmware upgrades', and you have something which Apple is not going to lose any sleep over. Until the first hacks come out, that is.
Which raises an interesting question: did Microsoft deliberately release a crippled device knowing that it could be easily uncrippled by hackers, thereby allowing them to reap the benefits of the hackers' labour without having to take any responsibility for violating copyright? Naw, a big corporation like Microsoft wouldn't do that.
Would they?
A thorough review by Lars Anderson can be found here.
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