> -----Original Message----- > From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 12:48 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Engadget: Universal and Sony prohibit Zune sharing for > certain artists > > But don't you think they should tell you, before you buy a song on their > system, that a given song cannot be shared in this way.
I guess. Maybe. Since the sharing is so limited in the first place I can't see anybody buying a song JUST to share. In other words I doubt that sharing is actually a selling point for a particular song. (If the record companies allowed decent sharing - say even a week of plays or unlimited streaming while in range of the "owner" or something then I would say that the sharing feature might be a selling point for a song... but as it is it just isn't.) Now I DO think that sharing is a selling point for the Zune itself - so, in that case, the player should come with a warning/disclaimer that studio-applied DRM may limit features. > And even show you, on the player, before you send it, that a song has drm > restrictions. Like not allowing it to be selected to be sent, maybe? Sure - although in this case I'd guess that it will be added. My guess (nothing more) is that this move by the studios was a surprise to MS and they simply weren't prepared for it (come on - who really would have thought that somebody would think that the 3 days, 3 plays policy was TOO LIBERAL!). I would give the chances that the software will updated to address the sharing interface issues at about 95%. For the store itself to be updated to present information about sharing per song I would give only a 10% chance - rather I think you'll see a general disclaimer placed on the store (and probably the device itself) that studios may implement restrictions on the sharing functionality. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:225310 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
