Yahoo Music to Turn Off DRM Server, Apparently Learns Nothing From MSN Fiasco
Here we go again. PC Magazine reports that several months after the widely-reported Microsoft MSN Music DRM disaster, Yahoo has announced that they will shut down support for the Yahoo! Music Store on Sept. 30, 2008.
That means that anyone who spent good money to buy digital music tracks will be screwed. “After the Store closes, Yahoo will no longer be able to support the retrieval of license keys for music purchased from Yahoo Music Unlimited, and Yahoo will no longer be able to authorize song playback on additional computers,” the company said in a Thursday e-mail to customers.
So
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