On Thursday we reported that Yahoo had decided to shut down the DRM servers for their Yahoo Music download service. The problem with the decision is that if users ever need to reformat their PCs or move the music to a portable media device they will lose the ability to the play the music, entirely.
The company plans to soften the blow however, by reimbursing customers, possibly giving ... [ read the full article ]
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Good move yahoo, but lets see how many "get out" clauses they fabricate. but its already better than microsofts delay & sony's, two fingers approach to loyal customers when the connect service shut down.
drm and rental or subscription service are at best a waste of money and at worst a total rip off especially when music you legally purchased just stops working because big media want you to purchase it yet again on another format, while the person that purchased it on a disc or acquired it via p2p are free to do what they wish with it, unless sony has laden it with rootkits of course.
Quote:Considering you can burn the DRM tracks to a CD and then re-rip them as DRM-free MP3s, the better deal would appear to be doing that and then asking for your money back.
While I'm quite, er, "liberal" with my views on DRM and copying copyrighted material, does AfterDawn really want to make this statement? I understand where y'alls sentiments may lie, and I actually agree, but this seems to be a direct DMCA violation (and actionable), since it can be construed as encouraging the violation of the Act. =x
Quote:Considering you can burn the DRM tracks to a CD and then re-rip them as DRM-free MP3s, the better deal would appear to be doing that and then asking for your money back.
While I'm quite, er, "liberal" with my views on DRM and copying copyrighted material, does AfterDawn really want to make this statement? I understand where y'alls sentiments may lie, and I actually agree, but this seems to be a direct DMCA violation (and actionable), since it can be construed as encouraging the violation of the Act. =x
You are quite correct, bypassing this DRM in the USA is an offence because of the DMCA, it is also illegal in many other parts of the globe so yahoo advising ppl (read the statement by yahoo) is telling ppl to break the law.
