[RenesisX]

Microsoft has had an excellent relationship with the major labels in the past, so if anyone can pull this off they should be able to.

I suspect they'll have a hard fight though, essentially the labels are just going to hope people download and pay for 2 copies.

[RenesisX]

Microsoft has had an excellent relationship with the major labels in the past, so if anyone can pull this off they should be able to.

I suspect they'll have a hard fight though, essentially the labels are just going to hope people download and pay for 2 copies.

[whydidnt]

Originally Posted by RenesisX

I suspect they'll have a hard fight though, essentially the labels are just going to hope people download and pay for 2 copies.

I have to agree with this statement. To date, the labels have shown no interest in doing anything to help with digital downloads, fighting them every step of the way. Thier only interest is in being able to sell the same piece of music to the same person several times. :roll:

For them to agree to do this MS is going to have to convince them that somehow they make MORE money by allowing the license to be copied to another DRM scheme. I'm not sure how they do that, but suspect they may have to "grease the wheels" a little to make it happen. Given Gates' recent comments regarding the iPod, I wouldn't be surprised to see MS invest some of their billions toward this end though.