Has Yahoo learned nothing from Microsoft?
Several months after the Microsoft MSN Music Store snafu, Yahoo announced Wednesday night that support for the Yahoo! Music Store will shut down as of Sept. 30, 2008.
“After the Store closes, Yahoo will no longer be able to support the retrieval of license keys for music purchased from Yahoo Music Unlimited, and Yahoo will no longer be able to authorize song playback on additional computers," the company said in a Thursday e-mail to customers.
Yahoo announced in February that its Music Unlimited customers would be migrated to Rhapsody via a “simple click-through process that will automatically recreate the user's library within a new Rhapsody account."
According to Wednesday's e-mail, however, after Sept. 30, “you will not be able to transfer songs to unauthorized computers or re-license these songs after changing operating systems."
Several months after the Microsoft MSN Music Store snafu, Yahoo announced Wednesday night that support for the Yahoo! Music Store will shut down as of Sept. 30, 2008.
“After the Store closes, Yahoo will no longer be able to support the retrieval of license keys for music purchased from Yahoo Music Unlimited, and Yahoo will no longer be able to authorize song playback on additional computers," the company said in a Thursday e-mail to customers.
Yahoo announced in February that its Music Unlimited customers would be migrated to Rhapsody via a “simple click-through process that will automatically recreate the user's library within a new Rhapsody account."
According to Wednesday's e-mail, however, after Sept. 30, “you will not be able to transfer songs to unauthorized computers or re-license these songs after changing operating systems."
