PC Pro: News: Q&A: Microsoft defends return to DRM

With the likes of iTunes and Amazon offering DRM-free music that you can play on any device, why would anyone choose the MSN Mobile service?

There may well be people who just want to listen to the track on their mobile alone.

Why has Microsoft gone back to DRM when the vast majority of music services have ditched it?

It's a first step. We're doing this in conjunction with a third-party provider. We'll be looking to enhance the service if we get some interest from consumers. They certainly tell us that they like listening to music while they are out and about, on their mobile phones.

At the moment, to be honest with you, we don't have the functionality in-house to provide a mechanism for transferring between mobile phones and PC. We don't have that functionality available.

Nice way to answer the question (not). f-tards.

The guy who answers the questions doesn't seem very confident that the product will sell. IMO, Microsoft should stick to making computer software and hardware, I don't think they can fight with Apple at this point for online music and music players.

I suspect that the marketing guy answering the questions here will be one of the 5000 that Microsoft will let go. Either that or made a VP.

The guy who answers the questions doesn't seem very confident that the product will sell. IMO, Microsoft should stick to making computer software and hardware, I don't think they can fight with Apple at this point for online music and music players.

I think that Microsoft could be very successful in this market space. However, they need to get some knowledgeable people and come up with a revolutionary idea instead of just copying ideas that were big 5 years ago.

Edited January 22, 200917 yr by guzziguy

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Can you really expect people to buy music that's locked to a device they upgrade every 12 to 18 months?

I didn't realise phones were churning that quickly in the marketplace these days.

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Wait a minute... it's not April 1st, is it?