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It is a disaster for the business model waiting to happen
Imagine your little Zen device with thousands of WMA DRM-
enabled songs; dozens of playlists, meticulously arranged songs
and all. On 32nd day of the month in which Napster folds, all
that stuff becomes a bunch unreadable corrupted files. And
there will be nobody to unlock those fiiles (and there legally
shouldn't anyway, since you're no longer paying your
subscription and therefore no longer entitled to your music)!!

I could see how there will be a few people shrugging it off ('Well,
it was good while it lasted'), the rest will be furious ('I sank
$250 into this subscription and have zero files? I could have
bought 15 CDs for that money, or 250 tunes from Apple!!!').

The people renting these songs don't understand they're just
renting them. They treat them as if they are their own CDs or the
old (illegally downloaded) MP3s. You pay subscription and you
don't think about the songs. Well, let's just see how this plays
out, but it sure won't be pretty.
Posted by: Predrag Vasic   Posted on: 01/18/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Do they lose the music they downloaded?  Nigel Johnstone | 01/18/06
Unfortunately so!  dave95 | 01/18/06
It is a disaster for the business model waiting to happen  Predrag Vasic | 01/18/06
Quick fix  dave95 | 01/19/06
Finally, someone else realizes the #1 issue with DRM and Software Activatio  BitTwiddler | 01/18/06
Very interesting  tic swayback | 01/18/06
It will time-out  Predrag Vasic | 01/18/06
Subscription versus purchase  tic swayback | 01/18/06
Does it matter?  voska | 01/18/06
That's the question  tic swayback | 01/18/06
I would think  Shelendrea | 01/18/06
It's gonna depend on how the DRM works  tic swayback | 01/18/06
true  Shelendrea | 01/18/06
I doubt it  Len Rooney | 01/18/06
But....  markdoc.geo | 01/19/06
But they won't work on my iPod  nucrash | 01/18/06
And their service never worked on my Mac  tic swayback | 01/18/06
I'll never rent music!  Protector | 01/18/06
RIAA want us to pay for music forever with these subcription....  dave95 | 01/19/06
TKO?  jandclinan@... | 01/19/06

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