Universal, Sony cripping Zune music sharing?
updated 11:25 am EST, Fri January 19, 2007
Labels crippling Zune?
A new report suggests that key major music labels exercise explicit control over the songs they allow to be shared through Microsoft's Zune Wi-Fi sharing feature. Investigating the results of a test by fellow enthusiasts Zunerama, Cliczune claims to have revealed that many songs by major Universal and Sony-BMG artists, including Jay-Z and Beyonce, will not transfer between Zunes despite the three-day/three-play DRM protection added to every shared track. The limitation is not absolute and allows some artists' content to copy, suggesting that the restrictions are controlled individually based on popularity or artist demands. Such restrictions have fostered particularly harsh criticism from Zune owners, as the limits compound already arbitrary licensing agreements Microsoft made to guarantee access to key labels' catalogs. Both Microsoft and Universal were previously shown to have signed a royalty deal which saw the latter receive an automatic $1 royalty per Zune regardless of the origin of a user's music. The label CEO previously hinted that he believed all digital music players to be homes for stolen music, including Apple's iPods.
"zune enthusiast"?
01/19, 11:33am reply
isn't that a synonym for "hapless sucker"?
climacs
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hey zune 'enthusiasts'
01/19, 11:34am reply
I've got a really nice bridge in Brooklyn to sell you, barely used...
and if you act now, I will throw in some swampland in Florida for half price!
climacs
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welcome...
01/19, 12:18pm reply
to the ISOLATED social.
HAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!
guess not everyone likes to be 'squirted'
FastAMX79
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Zune just...
01/19, 12:24pm reply
...keeps sounding better and better.
I wonder what the 'abandonment rate' of Zune Enthusiasts will be?
ZinkDifferent
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Marketing marvel
01/19, 05:27pm reply
You have to admit, they pegged it right when they came out with the brown zune. My question is, why didn't they also come out with yellow? It is obviously the complimentary color to describe this device :)
Deal
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Joined: Apr 2001
$505 to Maybe Share?
01/20, 02:17am reply
$500 for two Zunes
$5 to MS to buy 1 track and you can't share it?
bwhahahaha.
jbelkin
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I'd buy a Zune...
01/21, 11:07am reply
If they made one in the shape of Steve Balmer's head... his mouth could be the click wheel, the top nice n' smooth, color: green, of course!
chotty
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