Yahoo Music dies tomorrow. Official.
By way of a reminder for people with Yahoo Music store accounts, today the Yahoo Music store may be moribund.
But as of September 30 it’ll be officially D – E – A – D.
And that’s tomorrow, folks.
It was never really alive, mind you, and as p2pnet posted in July, quoting Yahoo:
“The Yahoo! Music Store, along with the ability to purchase and download single songs and albums, will no longer be available ………”
The company continued »»»
Songs and albums that were purchased through the Yahoo! Music Unlimited Store are protected by a digital rights management system that requires a valid license key before they can be played on your computer.
After the Store closes, Yahoo! will no longer be able to support the retrieval of license keys for music purchased from Yahoo! Music Unlimited, and Yahoo! will no longer be able to authorize song playback on additional computers.
After September 30, 2008, you will not be able to transfer songs to unauthorized computers or re-license these songs after changing operating systems. Please note that your purchased tracks will generally continue to play on your existing authorized computers unless there is a change to the computer’s operating system.
For any user who purchased tracks through Yahoo! Music Unlimited, we highly recommend that you back up the purchased tracks to an audio CD before the closing of the Store on September 30, 2008. Backing up your music to an audio CD will allow you to copy the music back to your computer again if the license keys for your original music files cannot be retrieved.
For further information on the closing of the Yahoo! Music Store, please refer to the Frequently Asked Questions or contact Customer Care.
Stay tuned! While the Yahoo! Music Unlimited Store will no longer be available, Yahoo! Music has partnered with Rhapsody so you can still purchase your favorite tracks. Plus, Yahoo! Music will continue to offer users a complete online music experience with the largest collection of music videos, Internet radio, exclusive artist features, music news, and more!
Thank you for using Yahoo! Music.
Right.
No need to stay tuned.
p2pnet - Yahoo Music store d-e-a-d DEAD, July 25, 2008
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September 30th, 2008 at 3:43 am
I don’t feel one bit guilty about downloading free music – it barely makes up for all the people who paid for music and lost it.
If the music industry can sue their customers, why can’t customers sue over something like this? Unlike downloading, this DRM ripoff is outright theft.
October 1st, 2008 at 11:38 pm
“After September 30, 2008, you will not be able to transfer songs to unauthorized computers or re-license these songs after changing operating systems. Please note that your purchased tracks will generally continue to play on your existing authorized computers unless there is a change to the computer’s operating system.”
It’s official:
DRM is barely even a “rental”, because the stuff you “bought” is purpose-built to self destruct on cue (so you have to “buy” it AGAIN!)
Any runaway Dr. Seuss characters willing to defend THIS shit????