<![CDATA[Zune Fact: Music Will Be Redownloadable - Gizmodo Comments]]> <![CDATA[Zune Fact: Music Will Be Redownloadable - Gizmodo Comments]]> <![CDATA[Zune Fact: Music Will Be Redownloadable]]> Ah, yeah Apple evil.
http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/Q4.06/3D3FC2DB-A7B7-44DE-...

SquishyParts

]]> <![CDATA[Zune Fact: Music Will Be Redownloadable]]> Wow...where to begin. People seem to have short memories of where MS was taking the industry before the iPod showed up.

http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/Q4.06/3D3FC2DB-A7B7-44DE-...

People seem to forget MS's attempted to kill MP3s by replacing it with their proprietary DRM scheme. The first Music players that used MS PROPRIETARY DRM scheme did not support MP3. Big Mistake. Apple did & does.
Before Apple, all stores that use MS's proprietay DRM scheme only sold subscriptions...that didn't work so the next step was to offer dowloadable DRM'd music with variable pricing. Individual songs had different & confusing usage rights (typical MS). Apple offered all songs at $.99, the songs could be transfered to 4 different computers & Burned as many times as you liked (with a limit on the same playlist being burned 10 times). Yeah, Evil Apple. Pull your head out of your backside.

Remember Plays For Sure? MS 2nd attempt at a music download service? They left all you chumps in the dust with Zune. Your files that you purchased with the intent to play them on a myriad of devices...will not play on Zune. You'll need to purchase those songs again. Not only have they deserted their customers (in less than a few years) they also screwed all of their hardware partners. Three cheers for the savior of music & all things good...MS? What a bunch of chumps. Urge looks like a cheap iTunes rip off...what else is new.
Where are all the arguments about restrictions from the MS zealots?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6120272.stm

SquishyParts

]]> <![CDATA[Zune Fact: Music Will Be Redownloadable]]> Apple actually offers you this policy - all you need to do is email them and they will de-authorize your old account and you authorize a new one which they will let you re-download everything. They don't spell this out on the website otherwise, lazy people will just claim they can't find a track ... this is really for people who have HDD's die or have a computer stolen ... but of course, you can save everyone a lot of trouble by backing up.

Once again, MS is following Apple's lead.

metroxing

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I dont know guys but Zune is getting me exited about MP3 players again... I hate to admit this but apple has become an Evil music empire... how long will it take MSFT to be on the same boat?
Considering that Microsoft is doing everything that Apple does in that space that gets Apple branded as "evil," (and then some... have a buck, Universal!) I'd say that day is now.

someToast

]]> <![CDATA[Zune Fact: Music Will Be Redownloadable]]> It's not even a secret that Apple lets you do this, its in their FAQ somewhere. Their FAQ says you can only do it once as opposed to Microsoft, and you have to involve tech support, but its a known feature of iTunes.

So really, all this means is a slight change in policy for MSFT vs AAPL. 5 instead of 1. Apple could trivially change the policy though.

obastard

]]> <![CDATA[Zune Fact: Music Will Be Redownloadable]]> This is a feature that makes a lot of sense; it's also present in the subscription services (though, in that case, not as big a deal since you're 'renting' not 'buying').

Peter Kirn

]]> <![CDATA[Zune Fact: Music Will Be Redownloadable]]> I'm certainly not Will Wheaton for better or worse (I am a ST:TNG fan, however!). Despite this, I can count myself in the elite crowd of people whom Apple has allowed to re-download their purchase music collection: I just sent a help email requesting that I be allowed to do so, and the permission was granted from above.

shikataganai

]]> <![CDATA[Zune Fact: Music Will Be Redownloadable]]> i talked to will wheaton a few times. i told him i had a radiohead album that was pre-released on the internet. i don't think that was up to his moral standard. damn you wesley crusher!

eddiesdguy

]]> <![CDATA[Zune Fact: Music Will Be Redownloadable]]> I dont know guys but Zune is getting me exited about MP3 players again... I hate to admit this but apple has become an Evil music empire... how long will it take MSFT to be on the same boat?

mrxcel

]]> <![CDATA[Zune Fact: Music Will Be Redownloadable]]> dimebag: If you are like me and have a couple hundred iTunes then it would be pointless. You can't burn iTunes into mp3 format without getting a nasty gram saying 'Just 'cause you bought it doesn't mean you get complete rights to your mess. So why even try.' The only way around it, without finding a crack online, is to burn in cd audio format. That takes up a lot of time and media. I'd rather drag and drop from device to device then spending all that time circumventing the idiocy which is DRM.

ugadawg

]]> <![CDATA[Zune Fact: Music Will Be Redownloadable]]> So Apple lets you download it 5 times to 5 different computers, copy it to as many iPods as you want, and burn an infinite number of CD copies....and Microsoft lets you download it 5 times to the same computer?

Why do you think this is cool?

elle_webb

]]> <![CDATA[Zune Fact: Music Will Be Redownloadable]]> Great new info, Jason. Thanks for passing it along.

Gene from ZuneChannel.com

griccoboni

]]> <![CDATA[Zune Fact: Music Will Be Redownloadable]]> Who in this day and age does not have a CD/DVD burner? You guys are pathetic, back your sh!t up!!!

dimebag

]]> <![CDATA[Zune Fact: Music Will Be Redownloadable]]> Keep in mind this policy is only in effect until Microsoft abandons this DRM for another and releases The Next Big Thing in digital media two years from now.

Better than Apple should not be the standard.

weatherman

]]> <![CDATA[Zune Fact: Music Will Be Redownloadable]]> pdoggy: "I'd think that hard drive corruption is goign to be the least of your worries..."

Meaning?

ulkas

]]> <![CDATA[Zune Fact: Music Will Be Redownloadable]]> "This may be a small detail"

It's not a small detail. PCs break, music players break. You could of course burn all downloaded music to CDs or DVDs, but redownloads is a much less arrogant approach than what Apple is using.

Hopefully this will put a dent in Apple's virtual monopoly (not that there's any monopoly per se).

ulkas

]]> <![CDATA[Zune Fact: Music Will Be Redownloadable]]> Well you can still take your music off the ipod, it's just encoded into really annoying file names :-/

Stuart
http://www.earnersblog.com

gyppo

]]> <![CDATA[Zune Fact: Music Will Be Redownloadable]]> I think that's cool. Much better than Apple's policy. What I really want to know is if they are similar in the 'Authorized Machines' department. I would love to deauthorize machines more than once a year. Also I'd like to know if they limit the authorized machines to 5 like Apple. I would love to have more than the 5 because like most geeks I like to have options.

ugadawg

]]> <![CDATA[Zune Fact: Music Will Be Redownloadable]]> I'd think that hard drive corruption is goign to be the least of your worries...

peterp

]]> <![CDATA[Zune Fact: Music Will Be Redownloadable]]> Hmmm...

Glad to know Microsoft finally realizes how often that whole hard drive corruption thing happens.

Apple seems to still be foreign to it.

greg.dracoulis

]]> <![CDATA[Zune Fact: Music Will Be Redownloadable]]> That is awesome! Now you don't have to worry about your zune or computer blowing the f**k up. :)

www.ZuneBoards.com

lpxxfaintxx

]]> <![CDATA[Zune Fact: Music Will Be Redownloadable]]> That's a big deal to me. I might even consider buying digital music sometime, at least if the whole album isn't good. Call me old fashioned but I like the security of physically owning a CD.

Pegleg Joe

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