Sony clobbers online music sales, now Microsoft pulls the plug as well

Source: TGdaily

Now that Sony Connect has closed, the question of music with DRM is again in the spotlight. Indeed, the customers of MSN Music need to ask themselves the question. Microsoft has decided to no longer support PlayForSure, they will no longer do much with what they bought after August 31.
Microsoft advises its customers to create audio CDs and then encode these, failing to say that multiple transformations degrade the quality.
Overall, one is entitled to wonder if these companies are trying to undermine the confidence of users in music purchased online. They have everything to gain on several fronts.
Not only do they cast doubt on their competitors who have been more successful, but they encourage customers to migrate to another economic model in vogue, renting. That is of great interest to companies who also sell the same products.