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Microsoft Preps 'Janus' Music Copy-Prevention Scheme

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. I ARE JANUS I MEAN JUNIS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Good Bye Horses my love. Dedicated to kewsh

    You told me, I see you rise
    But, it always falls
    I see you come, I see you go
    You say, All things pass into the night
    And I say, Oh no sir I must say you're wrong
    I must disagree, oh no sir, I must say you're wrong
    Won't you listen to me
    You told me, I've seen it all before
    Been there, I've seen my hopes and dreams
    A lying on the ground
    I've seen the sky just begin to fall
    And you say, All things pass into the night
    And I say, Oh no sir, I must say you're wrong
    I must disagree, oh no sir, I must say you're wrong
    Won't you listen to me
    Good-bye horses I'm lying over you
    Good-bye horses I'm lying over you

  2. Karen, that didn't happen to YOU! by The+I+Shing · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The following should be read out loud in a high, squeaky, Megan Mullaly style voice:

    Oh, no, not the Janus browser!

    That evil Judge Reinhold was going to use it to destroy the Internet and kill the president!

    Thank God Scott Bakula and Kris Kristofferson showed up and saved us! Or was Kris Kristofferson the bad guy?

    --
    You are in error. No-one is screaming. Thank you for your cooperation.
  3. your old by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    huhhuh.... old man.

  4. jAnus? by Kunt · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What a stupid name! jANUS!!!

  5. Re:Next Slashdot poll... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Done (also above comment)

  6. Matt Drudge by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Matt Drudge is pretty handsome.

    I'd suck his cock and relieve him of his pathological conservatism if I ever met him...

  7. Please for the love of humanity by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Learn what irony means before you use the word!

    kthx bye