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Sony and Universal Prohibit Sharing Via Zune

Posted by Zonk on from the as-if-the-zune-didn't-have-enough-trouble-already dept.

ack154 writes "Engadget has a story about Sony and Universal Music apparently denying Zune owners the ability to 'squirt' songs by certain artists to other Zune users. That's right, if you've actually purchased songs from the Zune marketplace and happen to run into another Zune owner, you're prohibited from sharing certain songs. From the article: 'In a non-scientific sampling of popular artists by Zunerama and Zune Thoughts, it looks like it's roughly 40-50 percent of artists that fall under this prohibited banner, and the worst news is that there's no warning that a song might be unsharable until you actually try to send it and fail.'"

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  1. Sounds like.... by Marko+DeBeeste · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Karma-kazi (or at least Karma Sutra) to me.

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  2. Highly improbable scenario by DreadfulGrape · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "if you've actually purchased songs from the Zune marketplace and happen to run into another Zune owner"

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