Music Biz Figures Into 360 Strategy

Posted by Zonk on Wednesday June 15, 2005 @04:37AM from the must-take-apple's-pie dept.

C|Net has up a story discussing the thought processes on the Redmond campus, as they plan a way for the Xbox 360 to have a meaningful participation in the music market. Most likely, this will be through the upcoming Microsoft commercial download service. From the article: "The Xbox is widely viewed as a successful consumer product, and the new version will be more deeply integrated into home networks and digital living room systems. Making it a platform for digital music purchases or subscriptions could help solidify a consumer foundation that remains shaky."

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Will DRM CDs be rippable? by RickPartin · 2005-06-15 15:40 · Score: 3, Interesting

Now that more and more CDs are now crippled copy protected versions, will the Xbox still be able to rip them? If not maybe people might start to wake up and get angry about fair use going down the toilet. Or perhaps I live in a fantasy world.