The much-hyped Microsoft Zune media player, due for release in late 2006, doesn't support Microsoft's own PlaysForSure DRM copy-protection system. According to Wikipedia, this means that "music purchased from one of MS's many PlaysForSure partners will not work on the Zune device, nor will Zune-DRMed music work on 3rd party devices using PlaysForSure". That's going to upset an awful lot of Microsoft 'partners'. In fact the more Zunes that Microsoft sells, the more it's going to PO its associates. Good move, Microsoft.Disposable DRM. Set up a system, use it for a while, then abandon it. Not only can you overcharge for the protected content, you can actually sell it over and over again to the same customers.
In your dreams.
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