Yahoo Music shuts download store, leaving users high and dry
Microsoft and Yahoo might not have merged (yet), but the two companies clearly share a somewhat laissez-faire attitude towards their music customers. Yahoo has just announced that it’s shutting down its Yahoo Music Store at the end of September, and just as Microsoft did with MSN Music, it’s told users that after the shutdown, they won’t be able to transfer their previously purchased songs to unauthorised computers or re-license them after changing operating systems. Yahoo is suggesting users back their collections up to CD so they can re-rip them after the shutdown, although it’ll be interesting to see if user protests force Yahoo to relent, as Microsoft did, and continue to support licence keys.
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