What people aren't aware of is the fact that Microsoft's Zune player is copyright protected.
You are forced to install the software, along with the Zune Marketplace, which is more expensive than iTunes.
Now, after you place all of your previous songs onto the Zune, 80% of them will not play because Zune will only recognize legally embedded songs.
So every song purchased from iTunes, Yahoo, Rhapsody, etc.. will work, but no songs from Limewire, Torrents,
the Internet, etc. will!
That is the killing aspect of this crappy
corporate product.
You can't share files with other people via WiFi because song tracks received from another person can only be played
three times, after which it expires
unless you buy it from an online music store.
And get this! Not all songs are eligible for sharing.
Record Companies can flag songs from the Zune Marketplace as non-distributal. These limits not only apply to Zune Marketplace music, but to ALL audio files loaded onto a Zune player, whether they have DMCA and RIAA protection or not.
Along with the fact that you can not play songs from a P2P Network or a BitTorrent site, you ALSO can not play songs ripped legally from your own CD that you bought, because most likely those songs are not embedded.
What you have here is a cheap product aimed at stopping the mass piracy of music, and because it's Microsoft, you can expect lots of young, mindless people with too much money buying into this product.
Go do research on other MP3 players before you
jump on the bandwagon folks!
