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posted by martyb on Saturday October 31 2015, @10:53AM   Printer-friendly
from the Digital-Restrictions-Management dept.

Microsoft has announced (non-Javascript version) (emphasis in original) that

As of November 15, 2015, Zune services will be retired. You will no longer be able to stream or download content to your device from the Zune music service. However, Zune devices will still function as music players and any MP3 content that you own on the Zune device will remain there. You'll also be able to transfer music to and from your Zune player.

Note Content that was purchased with DRM may not play if the license can't be renewed.

Existing Zune Music Pass subscriptions will be converted to Groove Music Pass subscriptions.

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  • (Score: 2) by bzipitidoo on Saturday October 31 2015, @11:02PM

    by bzipitidoo (4388) on Saturday October 31 2015, @11:02PM (#257024) Journal

    Yes, I wonder about people who believe large corporations when they promise the impossible. DRM that must be constantly unlocked by remote servers will one day fail. Did anyone really believe that the authenticating servers will be up forever? Or even a mere 95 years plus, whenever copyright finally expires? We see that a paltry 10 years is too much to expect even from a mighty company like Microsoft. Also, what of service interruptions? Every time there's a connection problem, no music. Servers down for maintenance? No music.

    I guess most customers who go for deals like that can't be bothered to think or care about technical details and events that far down the road. Just blindly trust (hahaha indeed) in Big Inc.

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