I liked the idea of being able to zap vids to other people til I read this:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/09/technology/09pogue.html?pagewanted=2 You can play a transmitted song only three times, all within three days. After that, it expires. Youre left with only a text tag that shows up on your PC so that how convenient! you can buy the song from Microsofts store. This copy protection is as strict as a 19th-century schoolmarm. Just playing half the song (or one minute, whichever comes first) counts as one play. You can never resend a song to the same friend. A beamed song cant be passed along to a third person, either. Whats really nuts is that the restrictions even stomp on your own musical creations. Microsofts literature suggests that if you have a struggling rock band, you could put your demo recordings on your Zune and when youre out in public, you can send the songs to your friends. What it doesnt say: And then three days later, just when buzz about your band is beginning to build, your songs disappear from everyones Zunes, making you look like an idiot. At 01:26 AM 11/15/2006, you wrote: >I don't know any of the specs, but the video quality/control on it actually >seems pretty good. --------------------------------------------------------------- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
