Wine Journal for iPhone and iPod Touch

Saturday, January 20, 2007

Anti-Squirt

Here's another stellar Zune discovery courtesy of Boing Boing:

Some labels have told Microsoft that it's not allowed to enable "squirting" for their tracks when sold through the Zune store. Squirting is Zune's much-touted ability to send your friends DRM-crippled tracks that can be played three times (or saved for three days) before they're erased. Microsoft won't tell you whether or not a track you're about to buy is extra-crippled -- nice deal.
Unbelievable. Actually, it's quite believable. I wish I had money like Microsoft to burn inexplicably on something like the Zune. And it looks like they have another stinker with Vista. Go in for the kill, Apple!

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