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Microsoft's version of Monty Python's "Spring Surprise"

What’s worse than heavy-handed DRM on downloaded music? How about various levels of heavy-handed DRM from a supplier who won’t tell you whether or not a track you’re going to buy is “extra-crippled”. In a sane society, this would violate all sorts of trading standards – as it is, it’s probably one more nail in the Zune’s coffin.

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Author geoffPosted on January 20, 2007Categories Gadgets

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