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 Para los que pensaban que el DRM era la solución a la piratería, y todos aquellos que lo apoyaron comprando música con DRM, aquí esta un buen revés por parte de Walmart, resulta que walmart apagara su servidor de licencias DRM por lo que toda la música que hayas comprado con DRM de el sitio de walmart antes de febrero, dejara de funcionar. Así como lo leen, si compraste música entre Agosto de el 2007 y el 8 de febrero (je, ese día es mi cumpleaños) walmart te recomienda que hagas  audio CD como respaldo con tus cancioncitas WMA con “seguridad” DRM. Siempre e pensado que esto de la tecnología DRM es para proteger solo a las grandes discográficas, pero es un gran golpe a nosotros los consumidores, de hecho no se como  hay algunos que apoyan este tipo de medidas. Pues aquí esta la prueba de que no es “una gran idea” como nos quisieron hacer creer.

El correo de walmart después de el salto.

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From: Walmart Music Team
Date: Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 7:42 PM
Subject: Important Information About Your Walmart.com Digital Music Purchases
To: xxxxxx@gmail.com

Important Information About Your Digital Music Purchases

We hope you are enjoying the increased music quality/bitrate and the improved usability of Walmart’s MP3 music downloads. We began offering MP3s in August 2007 and have offered only DRM (digital rights management) -free MP3s since February 2008. As the final stage of our transition to a full DRM-free MP3 download store, Walmart will be shutting down our digital rights management system that supports protected songs and albums purchased from our site.

If you have purchased protected WMA music files from our site prior to Feb 2008, we strongly recommend that you back up your songs by burning them to a recordable audio CD. By backing up your songs, you will be able to access them from any personal computer. This change does not impact songs or albums purchased after Feb 2008, as those are DRM-free.

Beginning October 9, we will no longer be able to assist with digital rights management issues for protected WMA files purchased from Walmart.com. If you do not back up your files before this date, you will no longer be able to transfer your songs to other computers or access your songs after changing or reinstalling your operating system or in the event of a system crash. Your music and video collections will still play on the originally authorized computer.

Thank you for using Walmart.com for music downloads. We are working hard to make our store better than ever and easier to use.

Walmart Music Team