Wednesday, December 12, 2007 |
10:45 - Certifiable
http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/microsoft-rebrands-playsforsure-to-certified-for-
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Wow:
Microsoft's PlaysForSure DRM just took another step closer to the grave with the help of some rebranding. Those of you with players from SanDisk, Nokia, and Creative among others, looking for compatible music from Napster, Real Rhapsody, Yahoo Music, Wal-Mart and such must now look for the "Certified for Windows Vista" logo, not PlaysForSure. Of course, Microsoft's Zune is also certified for Windows Vista, just not certified for Windows Vista so it won't play back the same protected files. Man, could DRM get any more consumer unfriendly?
Astonishing. Naturally, Gruber makes a salient point. But I think Chris gets my vote for best reaction; when I suggested that Microsoft was at least providing a valuable service by keeping us entertained with stuff like this, he said "No... its like watching your arch enemy accidently run over his mother... its not something you'd wish on ANYONE."
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