I have (as well as the whole industry at this point) rallying against DRM. I have NEVER bought a DRM track other then for test purposes. The logic, as my friend Elizabeth Brooks said eloquently years ago; ‘I can buy a CD, rip it, and have no DRM for the same price or less then a an album of music with crippled functionality (DRM).”
Today MSN announced that customers who bought music through their service will no longer be supported. What does that mean? After August 31st you will be able to have your songs playing on 5 devices and if you change devices, you can not take your music with you. So if you upgrade your operating system, change laptops/pc, get a new mp3 player, at some point (after 5 devices) you lose access to that music. If I got the details wrong my apologies. Regardless of the details - think abut the concept and what this means to the consumer (all 12 people that bought from MSN). I bought something, I am following the ridiculous rules that DRM forces on me and I still get screwed.
I assume MSN has the rights under there terms of service to do this - but I would be surprised if there is not a class action law-suit brewing. I almost wish I bought a track so I could participate.
