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Ever heard of Google?
It's a really useful search engine. Type "Zune DRM" into it, and all sorts of things come up. Without making any claims as to the veracity of the information retrieved, here are a few offerings for you, since you don't seem very well informed on either "Gogle" functionality or Microsoft and DRM ...

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060920-7788.html
Zune's digital rights management (DRM) scheme will not add its own DRM to unprotected files, Ars Technica has learned. Trusted sources tell us that Zune's wireless sharing feature, which requires Zune's DRM to function, will only monitor the presence of shared songs for the purposes of controlling playback. Files themselves will not be modified, either on the player or on a local PC. We also learned that users cannot share files that they have received by sharing. That is, if Eric shares his favorite song, Cotton Eye Joe, to Nate, Nate's stuck with it. He cannot share it to anyone else, and once his 3 plays/3 days are over, his options are to expunge the song or purchase a new copy (with DRM) from the Zune Marketplace. The Zune player itself will simply monitor the age of the song (on the device) and how many times it has been played, and prevent playback when the limits have been reached.


Mmmmmmm DRM. Loving the customer, Microsoft style.
Posted by: whisperycat   Posted on: 04/05/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Squirting Still Limited?  BlackDiamond | 04/04/07
Doubt that would change  voska | 04/04/07
So If...  BlackDiamond | 04/17/07
From the "ME TOO" Dept.  systemx | 04/04/07
No kidding...  shawkins | 04/05/07
Yeah, right....  BitTwiddler | 04/04/07
Follow the leader  dave95. | 04/04/07
Actually Microsoft said it first  voska | 04/04/07
Actually Jobs said it first happy  dave95. | 04/04/07
DRM  DannyO_0x98 | 04/04/07
My Link say 2004  voska | 04/05/07
Thanks for the link - here is mine  dave95. | 04/05/07
I'd like to see this article (nt)  CobraA1 | 04/04/07
Vaporware. Ho-hum, move along folks.  HypnoToad72 | 04/04/07
The end of WMA  tic swayback | 04/04/07
Microsoft sees DRM-free music in Zune's future  Loverock Davidson | 04/04/07
Once again you make up facts  Michael Kelly | 04/04/07
Hilarious  dave95. | 04/04/07
What's the point?  olePigeon | 04/04/07
And where did you aquire such information  GuidingLight | 04/04/07
Ever heard of Google?  whisperycat | 04/05/07
At a premium??  techboy_z | 04/05/07
DRM-Free Zune Instructions  iMouse | 04/06/07
Only because Apple saw it first  Boot_Agnostic | 04/06/07
M$ knockoffs  baylors | 04/13/07

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