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Microsoft has reached a turning point in its music strategy: admitting it has a problem.

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The Problems Caused By DRM On Music

Digital rights management (DRM) technology has been used by the music industry to restrict the use of digital music files such as mp3 files to stop piracy but as this article will explain, this has caused a large number of problems for legitimate users.

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The iTunes Vendor Lock In Myth

According to proponents of this myth, Apple's iTunes is unfairly locking Microsoft, Real, and Sony out of the market for digital music by blocking rivals' efforts to put their own DRM systems on iPods, and is using vendor lock in to distort the market for online music and playe …

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Trying Out the Zune: IPod It's Not

David Pogue analyses and explains the Microsoft Zune, pitting it against the iPod.

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The Chances of Zune's Success (and baffling DRM decision)

By Scott M. Fulton, III, BetaNews September 15, 2006, 9:53 PM

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An Open Letter to Microsoft - Why you shouldn't kill FairUse4WM

"… it'll actually make consumers more likely to buy music and sign up for subscription services like Napster To Go and Rhapsody To Go. This sounds counterintuitive, but it's not.

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Microsoft readying music player and store to compete with Apple

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