Yahoo Offers Compensation For Unplayable Music

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday July 30, 2008 @11:25AM from the no-music-for-you dept.

DrEnter writes "According to this article, Yahoo will offer some compensation after they turn off their DRM servers and Yahoo Music customers will no longer be able to access their music. The company said Wednesday it is offering coupons on request for people to buy songs again through Yahoo's new partner, RealNetworks Inc.'s Rhapsody. Those songs will be in the MP3 format, free of copy protection. Refunds are available for users who 'have serious problems with this arrangement,' Yahoo said. Nice to see them step up and do something, especially without trading one DRM scheme for another."

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Re:Real player by Benaiah · 2008-07-30 14:08 · Score: 1, Flamebait

except all the songs will be in .rm or .ra format and not work on any standard mp3 player. +they will charge you to buy real player pro or infect your computer with 1000 different kinds of spyware/adware to go with the ad supported version.
And if you try and convert these files to MP3 you will have violated the EULA and lawyers/FBI will automatically be sent to your house and your computer will explode and spew killer bees into your room.