Wal-Mart becomes the latest to shut down DRM servers

Wal-Mart becomes the latest to shut down DRM servers
Wal-Mart has now become the latest digital music retailer to announce their plans to shut down their DRM servers.
This means that any customer who bought DRM loaded music from the service would require to burn the songs on an Audio CD to prevent getting locked out.
Once the [...]

Amazon.com Video on Demand now officially launched

Amazon.com Video on Demand now officially launched
Online retailing giant Amazon has now officially launched their Amazon.com Video on Demand service.
This service had been in beta testing since last couple of months.
Amazon.com Video on Demand uses Adobe Flash technology to deliver streaming movies and television shows to subscribers.
As a result, the user does not require downloading [...]

Yahoo: We would compensate customers who bought DRM music

Yahoo: We would compensate customers who bought DRM music
Yahoo recently announced that they would be shutting down the servers which were required to reactivate DRM music purchased from their now dead music store.
This was a huge disappointment for the customers who had bought music from the company. They were required to burn the songs on [...]

Yahoo latest to ditch DRM Music customers

Yahoo latest to ditch DRM Music customers
Yahoo has now become the latest seller of DRM music to ditch their customers.
The company has announced that they are closing down their DRM servers and the customers are advised to burn the music on Audio CDs to prevent any locking.
Yahoo has said that they would stop operating the [...]

Microsoft closing down their MSN Music license servers

Microsoft closing down their MSN Music license servers
Software giant Microsoft has some more bad news for their loyal customers.
The company has now announced that they would soon close down their MSN Music license servers.
These servers are required by the people who bought music from the now-dead MSN Music digital media store to authenticate their [...]

QTRAX already seems to be in trouble

QTRAX already seems to be in trouble
QTRAX announced the launch of their services with much fanfare. The company promised free music content to web users.
This media content was to be provided from all the major music companies and they aimed to generate revenues through advertising.
The company further claimed that their DRM model was compatible [...]

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