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Virgin Digital To Close Up Shop

Posted by kdawson on from the left-from-itunes-and-a-right-from-drm dept.

mrspin writes in to note the demise of the Virgin Digital music store. Here is Virgin's announcement. It will shut down in stages: the service closed its doors to new subscribers on Friday; current subscribers will lose all access to it when their next monthly payment is due or on Oct. 19, whichever comes first. The store advises customers who have purchased downloads to back them up to CD and re-import them as MP3. It used to discourage such DRM-evading tactics.

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  1. Re:Sony did the Same by GrahamCox · · Score: 4, Informative

    ...but they were switching from a propriety format to something based on windows media...

    That is, another proprietary format.

  2. *cough* by msimm · · Score: 4, Informative

    eMusic no traction? They are the second largest digital music retailer. The #1 largest DRM-free retailer and probably the only major digital retailer with (recently updated) Linux support. It's a great resource for slightly older music or anything even remotely off the beaten path (my main interest).

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