It's getting to be an old song. This week the Yahoo Music Store sent a message to customers saying they will turn off their DRM servers after September, thus joining MSN Music, Sony's Connect music store and other online music services in eventually cutting off customers who purchased DRM-wrapped tunes. And readers
One reader is definitely not going to be shedding tears over the demise of the Yahoo Music Store. "Years ago I carefully chose Musicmatch Jukebox as my music player for my computers, first trying the free version and then upgrading to the paid version. It served me well. Then Yahoo bought out Musicmatch and replaced it with the Yahoo Music Player. All the reviews indicated the Yahoo software was much less than its predecessor, so I didn't want to switch. I bought this program and it should be mine to use. I don't care if they discontinue the music purchase program, updates, the MMJ radio stations, etc. But the problem is that Yahoo has installed some kind of tracking malware on my computer that pops up several windows that tells me to update to their new service. None of the malware removers can find and kill the programs and Yahoo ignores all requests for information on how to remove their pop-ups. I really resent Yahoo's malware and their not telling me how to remove it."
If somebody's got you singing the defunct DRM blues, tell us about it by writing me at Foster@gripe2ed.com or posting your comments below.
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