The dangers of DRM has been highlighted against as Rhapsody/RealNetworks
announces they will shut off support for the DRM system used in RAX
music files, and if users don't take action now, they will lose all of
their legally purchased music forever.
Rhapsody has sent a message too all of its customers urging them to
convert their RAX music files purchased before July 2008 to audio CD, or
face the prospect of not being able to play them ever again after
November 7th, the switch off date for the RAX DRM.
Rhapsody killed off its DRM music service in July 2008 to follow the
industry trend of moving away from DRM, after public protests by users.
But for the unlucky Rhapsody users with DRM music, they need to burn the
music to audio CD and then rip them again in order to get a DRM free
digital copy, as Rhapsody will not be providing replacement, DRM-free
MP3s. Rhapsody describes this potentially arduous process as a "small
step".
"Once you take this small step, you can continue to play these tracks on
your audio CD or rip them to any format you desire and play them on
your PC," read Rhapsody's message to customers.
While the DRM server will be shut off, the DRM'd songs may still
continue to work, as long as users don't "change to a new computer or
substantially update your current computer".
Source is
http://forum.digital-digest.com/f145/another-drm-bites-dust-convert-your-rhapsody-drmd-files-lose-them-forever-95331.html
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