interspectrum;550076 Wrote: > > ... > I would love to be able to listen to my zune downloaded music on my > squeeze box 2 unit, but because of a political decision, I can not. > Other companies can, and I am sure that they have paid royalties to do > so. Logitech sales its players for profit, and is large enough to > authorize the cost over time. I am sure Logitech has to purchase rights > and pay royalties to many entities in order to bring its other products > to market. I see the only reason that drm services are not supported is > because of the choices made by the squeezebox team. Please correct me if > I am wrong, and if there is some other reason for this support to be > impossible or impractical. I understand that before the logitech > purchase, slimdevices could not afford to support drm. Now, though, I > am shocked at the hatred many have for it. If you wish to be elitists, > fine. If you want to have a product that everyone can use, then don't > discriminate against what your customers want to listen to. I paid my > money to listen to music, not support a political ideal. > ... Well, your problems clearly show why many people think that DRM is a bad idea (as it limits consumer choice). Digital content is also just licensed to you (with whatever restrictions the licensing company prefers). I am not even sure Microsoft would license its DRM to anyone if asked (I know Apple did not, but eventually choose to abolish DRM instead for its audio content). Another problem is what Mnyb called a "business decision of some kind". Afaik the Zune's market share is paltry when compared with that of iTunes. ;)
That said the SBs support many file formats, so if you zune music is already free (or you are able to remove your music's DRM chains) then it is quite likely that it can be used by the SB system. -- copperstate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ copperstate's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34756 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75848 _______________________________________________ Radio mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
