Line Out - Comments on DRM, Microsoft Sucks http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/04/drm_microsoft_sucks Wired reports today that anyone who bought DRM-protected MP3s from Microsoft's now-defunct digital music store, MSN Music, is basically screwed: Music fans who purchased music from Microsoft's MSN Music service are in for another cruel awakening about the harsh realities... Copyright 2008 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:18:14 -0800 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:27:10 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by greg "You kids still like your FM radio, right?"

um. yeah.

]]> greg http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/04/drm_microsoft_sucks#c1004915 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/04/drm_microsoft_sucks#c1004915 Shit Talk Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:44:34 -0800 Comment by flamingbanjo There's an even better way to permanently keep the tunes you purchased legally on msn: download them from a peer-to-peer network and never pay for them again.

]]> flamingbanjo http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/04/drm_microsoft_sucks#c1004955 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/04/drm_microsoft_sucks#c1004955 Shit Talk Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:25:54 -0800 Comment by Eric Grandy I was going to post something along those lines, #2, but I thought maybe it's just old, old news that DRM is never going to encourage people to stop sharing files, that in fact it's going to drive people to share files rather than paying for music encoded with malware. DRM is the future like FM radio is the future.

]]> Eric Grandy http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/04/drm_microsoft_sucks#c1004969 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/04/drm_microsoft_sucks#c1004969 Shit Talk Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:32:46 -0800 Comment by flamingbanjo Old news to you and me, but it sure seems like the RIAA, Microsoft and various other DRM boosters still haven't gotten the memo.

]]> flamingbanjo http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/04/drm_microsoft_sucks#c1005040 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/04/drm_microsoft_sucks#c1005040 Shit Talk Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:01:47 -0800 Comment by mattro2.0 5 operating systems? What's that, like 30 years? I've heard that CD's have a life expectancy of about 10 years (because the glue that holds the metal inside the plastic fails and the metal corrodes). I've also seen this happen in my own collection. 5 operating systems seems fair enough.

]]> mattro2.0 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/04/drm_microsoft_sucks#c1005271 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/04/drm_microsoft_sucks#c1005271 Shit Talk Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:56:27 -0800 Comment by KEN Um, if you're listening to an mp3, can you really complain about sound quality caused by burning then ripping? It already sounds like ass, might as well make it a hairy ass.

]]> KEN http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/04/drm_microsoft_sucks#c1007651 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/04/drm_microsoft_sucks#c1007651 Shit Talk Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:27:10 -0800