MSN Music Purchases Not Compatible with Zune

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday November 6, 2006 @01:35PM from the digital-restrictions-management dept.

lewiz writes "The BBC is reporting that music purchased at MSN Music will not play on the new Zune music player." From the article: "The problem has arisen because tracks from the MSN Music site are compatible with the specifications of the Plays For Sure initiative. This was intended to re-assure consumers as it guaranteed that music bought from services backing it would work with players that supported it. MSN Music, Napster, AOL Music Now and Urge all backed Plays For Sure as did many players from hardware makers such as Archos, Creative, Dell and Iriver. In a statement a Microsoft spokesperson said: 'Since Zune is a separate offering that is not part of the Plays For Sure ecosystem, Zune content is not supported on Plays For Sure devices.'"

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Re:Yes, DRM is inherently evil by FuzzyDaddy · 2006-11-06 14:34 · Score: 0, Offtopic

5 years ago, on 9/11/2001, 3200 people died of heart disease or cancer.
Bet most of them had a chance to say goodbye and wrap up their affairs...

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Re:I can only say... by smackt4rd · 2006-11-06 14:38 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Borat says: "Plays for sure pause NOT!"
Re:I can only say... by Asrynachs · 2006-11-06 15:40 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I'm even smarter! I don't buy my music from anywhere!