its called DRM my friend.. (be afraid, be very afraid) http://www.walmart.com/catalog/catalog.gsp?cat=164524#9
Jason On Sun, Sep 03, 2006 at 06:02:36PM -0400, stan briggs wrote: > all, > > my wife came to me to ask why the wal-mart site, when you click on 88 > cent downloads, will not proceed until you install windows media player > 9. i, of course, scoffed at the computer neophite. of course, the site > could not, possibly, require that you to have a specific media player > (especially a proprietary one) prior to even getting to the point where > you search for music. > > ...time passes ... i visit the site ... > > well, dang if it doesn't. and this happens immediately after you click > on the "Your Tunes, Your Way(tm) Download music now." link. > > has anyone done business with these guys or understand why this > requirement exists? > > thanks, > stan > > Stan B. Briggs > +++++++++++++++++++ > www.oBoJ.org: openBBQ/openJAM is the open source community coming > together for the benefit of society. our events and work are for the > purpose of raising awareness, raising funds, performing activities for > good causes, and having fun. participation is open to all who wish to > support worthwhile public causes. > +++++++++++++++++++ > > > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ -- ================================================ | Jason Welsh [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | http://monsterjam.org DSS PGP: 0x5E30CC98 | | gpg key: http://monsterjam.org/gpg/ | ================================================ -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
