http://blogs.msdn.com/omars/archive/2004/09/04/225553.aspxOne of the more surprising things I found when checking out MSN Music is this statement . How can I get MSN Music downloads to play on my iPod? Unfortunately Apple refuses to support the popular Windows Media format on the iPod, choosing to only supporten-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/omars/archive/2004/09/04/225553.aspx#225562Sat, 04 Sep 2004 05:54:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:225562Mark TwainMy sentiments, exactly...particularly regarding DRM on Music files.http://blogs.msdn.com/omars/archive/2004/09/04/225553.aspx#225666Sat, 04 Sep 2004 18:48:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:225666Denny Figuerreskinda reminds me of the old Microsoft IM Vs. AOL thing.... <br> <br>just plain dumb..... <br> <br>next move should be for apple to say that Microsoft should support the iPod DRM with a licensing deal.... <br> <br>that would make microsoft look like fools.... <br>and would also handle the Real Audio thing... <br>and make apple sound like good guys... <br>http://blogs.msdn.com/omars/archive/2004/09/04/225553.aspx#225673Sat, 04 Sep 2004 19:19:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:225673pndmnmHeh. That's extra funny because iTunes does support WMA, converting it to an iPod-compatible format on-the-fly. It's just the DRM that won't allow it.http://blogs.msdn.com/omars/archive/2004/09/04/225553.aspx#225741Sun, 05 Sep 2004 01:39:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:225741greg This is the &quot;revised&quot; comment. A few days ago it gave instructions for burning the song as a regular audio CD and then importing into iTunes--thereby bypassing the DRM. I'm sure the lawyers had a field day with that one.http://blogs.msdn.com/omars/archive/2004/09/04/225553.aspx#225930Sun, 05 Sep 2004 23:55:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:225930MD&quot;Apple has a phenomenal PR relationship with the media&quot; <br> <br>Fairly true nowadays -- but remember 4-5 years ago? Apple couldn't buy good press coverage ;-) <br> <br>By the way, Jon Gruber has a great take on the above statement at <a target="_new" href="http://daringfireball.net/2004/09/choose_microsoft">http://daringfireball.net/2004/09/choose_microsoft</a>http://blogs.msdn.com/omars/archive/2004/09/04/225553.aspx#225950Mon, 06 Sep 2004 01:40:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:225950MelangellOf course, Windows users being Windows users... Ain't alot of independent thought there... Kind of like Republicans (making less that $200k....).http://blogs.msdn.com/omars/archive/2004/09/04/225553.aspx#9719334Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:26:36 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9719334 Omar Shahine s WebLog iPod and MSN Music | Insomnia Cure<p>PingBack from <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://insomniacuresite.info/story.php?id=5567">http://insomniacuresite.info/story.php?id=5567</a></p> http://blogs.msdn.com/omars/archive/2004/09/04/225553.aspx#9760339Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:10:54 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9760339 Omar Shahine s WebLog iPod and MSN Music | work from home<p>PingBack from <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://workfromhomecareer.info/story.php?id=22623">http://workfromhomecareer.info/story.php?id=22623</a></p>