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Microsoft attacks iTunes

Microsoft has made available a beta of their music shop at http://beta.music.msn.com.

Unfortunately, they do not actually offer the right to listen to the song you pay them for. Instead, you can only pay them for the right to listen to a song from up to five computers and burn it on a fragile CD for up to 7 times.

I can still play my first record, "Baby Jane" from Rod Stewart, which I bought 21 years ago and listened to from something like 8 record players since then. Within the last 21 years, I think I have copied that song to something like 15 tapes to listen to it. And I can still do that. Legally.

I'd pay more, but I wouldn't pay for anything less.

Posted: Sep 03 2004, 12:42 AM by mschiffer | with 1 comment(s)

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