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:Surprising anyone would think this is okay. by IntlHarvester · 2008-07-30 21:04 · Score: 0, Troll

No they didn't do the right thing. The right thing is to offer DRM-free music in a variety of formats (lossless included) in the first place under a license that allows non-commercial and verbatim sharing.
No, the right thing to do would be to kick you in the balls until you bleed to death. And my suggestion is more realistic than yours.

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