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Microsoft Preps 'Janus' Music Copy-Prevention Scheme

Posted by michael on from the doomed-warclub-which-no-man-can-own-but-only-rent dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft is expected to unveil copy-protection software this summer that will for the first time give portable digital music players access to rented tunes from all-you-can-eat subscription services -- a development that some industry executives believe will shake up the online music business." Janus is the Roman god of doorways, gates, passages, preventing people from copying music, etc.

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  1. *Sigh* by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Michael just had to throw his anti-Microsoft comment in there. Well guess what you nigger? FUCK YOU!

  2. who cares by timts · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I am sure people wont buy this junk or just use cutomized firmware, except those mac users, who dont know how to do that.

  3. Re:Serious question by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Haven't your mummy thought you? Never argue with the mac crowd. It is a crack when steeve says it is a crack. And steeve has been silent all day...