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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. Sounds more like ANUS by Marble68 · · Score: 1, Troll

    As in, ripped or torn.

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    /me sips his coffee and ponders a new sig...