p2pnet.net News:- "... Zune to Zune sharing feature may not be available for all audio files on your device".
June 21, 2007 (Press Release) --
It's a get-out statement from Bill and the Boyz on Zune's DRM (Digital Restrictions Management) consumer control wireless sharing abilities, and it's quoted in Zunerama item which in turn points to an earlier post from Jason Dunn on ZuneThoughts, which states:
Unfortunately, as people began to share music off their Zunes (purchased from the Zune marketplace or part of Zune Pass), they were met with error after error about the songs not being able to be shared - the group as a whole found Zune song sharing to be a disappointing experience. One frustrated person commented that she had read 50% of the music in the Zune Marketplace was unable to be shared due to DRM restrictions. She was unable to recite the source, and I didn't have any proof one way or another. That number seemed quite high to me, but given how evasive the Zune team is on this issue, I had no understanding of how big the problem was.
The "evasive" bit links to a YouTube video. Under it is an elderly comment which says:
i have seen many interviews with matt jubelirer (product manager of zune) and he is a jackass who always dodges the real questions and doesnt seem to know much at all about a product which he is in charge of! i dont understand how microsoft gave this guy such a high ranking and important position in charge of the product which will be so valuable to microsoft in competition against apple.
How bad is the Zune DRM problem? Of eight Top 30 songs Dunn tried, "only five were allowed to be shared - that's a 38% failure rate," he says. "If you factor in the two KT Tunstall songs, seven of the total ten songs were shared successfully (a slightly better 30% failure rate)."
He goes on:
Although my test was limited, I believe buying from the Top 30 songs list mirrors the behaviour of many Zune Marketplace buyers - and as such, if 38% of those songs aren't available for sharing, it makes the already crippled wireless sharing even less useful. Which songs can be shared, and which songs cannot, is a decision made by the music companies providing the music to the Zune Marketplace - so the lessened functionality of the Zune lies with them. What I cannot excuse, however, is the fact that the Zune Marketplace doesn't clearly indicate which songs cannot be shared - it's a "buyer beware" scenario right now, and I believe that only hurts the Zune platform as a whole. Microsoft needs to clearly indicate which songs can be shared, and which cannot. Anything less simply isn't honest.
Interesting, especially considering the observatins come from someone who's a Zune admirer.
Back to Zunerama, the author says using his Zune Pass subscription, he pulled the top 50 songs from Zune Marketplace, created a playlist, "and attempted to wirelessly send the whole playlist to my wife's Zune".
Source: http://p2pnet.net
Unfortunately, as people began to share music off their Zunes (purchased from the Zune marketplace or part of Zune Pass), they were met with error after error about the songs not being able to be shared - the group as a whole found Zune song sharing to be a disappointing experience. One frustrated person commented that she had read 50% of the music in the Zune Marketplace was unable to be shared due to DRM restrictions. She was unable to recite the source, and I didn't have any proof one way or another. That number seemed quite high to me, but given how evasive the Zune team is on this issue, I had no understanding of how big the problem was.
The "evasive" bit links to a YouTube video. Under it is an elderly comment which says:
i have seen many interviews with matt jubelirer (product manager of zune) and he is a jackass who always dodges the real questions and doesnt seem to know much at all about a product which he is in charge of! i dont understand how microsoft gave this guy such a high ranking and important position in charge of the product which will be so valuable to microsoft in competition against apple.
How bad is the Zune DRM problem? Of eight Top 30 songs Dunn tried, "only five were allowed to be shared - that's a 38% failure rate," he says. "If you factor in the two KT Tunstall songs, seven of the total ten songs were shared successfully (a slightly better 30% failure rate)."
He goes on:
Although my test was limited, I believe buying from the Top 30 songs list mirrors the behaviour of many Zune Marketplace buyers - and as such, if 38% of those songs aren't available for sharing, it makes the already crippled wireless sharing even less useful. Which songs can be shared, and which songs cannot, is a decision made by the music companies providing the music to the Zune Marketplace - so the lessened functionality of the Zune lies with them. What I cannot excuse, however, is the fact that the Zune Marketplace doesn't clearly indicate which songs cannot be shared - it's a "buyer beware" scenario right now, and I believe that only hurts the Zune platform as a whole. Microsoft needs to clearly indicate which songs can be shared, and which cannot. Anything less simply isn't honest.
Interesting, especially considering the observatins come from someone who's a Zune admirer.
Back to Zunerama, the author says using his Zune Pass subscription, he pulled the top 50 songs from Zune Marketplace, created a playlist, "and attempted to wirelessly send the whole playlist to my wife's Zune".
Source: http://p2pnet.net
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