Comments on: how-to bypass Zune’s DRMed WiFi http://nonsmokingarea.com/blog/2006/11/25/how-to-bypass-zunes-drmed-wifi/ michael kamleitner - web-consultant & -developer, vienna Sat, 17 Jul 2010 06:04:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: subnet http://nonsmokingarea.com/blog/2006/11/25/how-to-bypass-zunes-drmed-wifi/comment-page-1/#comment-3923 subnet Mon, 27 Nov 2006 12:13:23 +0000 http://nonsmokingarea.com/blog/2006/11/25/how-to-bypass-zunes-drmed-wifi/#comment-3923 I agree 101%, wireless sharing without those restrictions would have been such a killer argument for the zune... I like your "circle of friends" idea... I think you can develop this idea even further: microsoft could have leveraged zune-owners as "extended sales-force"... let's say I buy the new portishead-album at zune.net, and since I like it I beam it to my friends zune. he than has the chance to give it a listen for a few times, after which he has to decide if he wants to buy a permanent copy. if he does, microsoft credits my zune-account with a small percentage of the generated revenue - a win for everyone :) I agree 101%, wireless sharing without those restrictions would have been such a killer argument for the zune…

I like your “circle of friends” idea… I think you can develop this idea even further: microsoft could have leveraged zune-owners as “extended sales-force”… let’s say I buy the new portishead-album at zune.net, and since I like it I beam it to my friends zune. he than has the chance to give it a listen for a few times, after which he has to decide if he wants to buy a permanent copy. if he does, microsoft credits my zune-account with a small percentage of the generated revenue – a win for everyone :)

]]> By: Gilbert http://nonsmokingarea.com/blog/2006/11/25/how-to-bypass-zunes-drmed-wifi/comment-page-1/#comment-3874 Gilbert Sun, 26 Nov 2006 17:40:50 +0000 http://nonsmokingarea.com/blog/2006/11/25/how-to-bypass-zunes-drmed-wifi/#comment-3874 This is a killer innovation and that Microsoft was not able to cut the appropriate deal with the RIAA is a shame. I have for some time envisioned the ability for users of a music/video music service to share content between one another, a sort of tiered system. Users at the "Platinum" level for example would be able to share content with a member of their "friends" circle who also have the same paid level of service. If you have a great cut of Stereophonics and I have one of Guster, we could swap with one another. DBMS and DRM systems are sophisticated enough that you could track who has swapped content and if they are entitled to it.. This is a killer innovation and that Microsoft was not able to cut the appropriate deal with the RIAA is a shame. I have for some time envisioned the ability for users of a music/video music service to share content between one another, a sort of tiered system. Users at the “Platinum” level for example would be able to share content with a member of their “friends” circle who also have the same paid level of service. If you have a great cut of Stereophonics and I have one of Guster, we could swap with one another. DBMS and DRM systems are sophisticated enough that you could track who has swapped content and if they are entitled to it..

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