Microsoft to Give Away Free Music You Already Bought from iTunes

Have you heard about the supposed new MP3 player from Microsoft? The MP3 player that is going to be the iPod killer? Gizmodo is posting news that Microsoft is planning on giving away music that you already bought from iTunes to try and encourage you to buy their Microsoft branded MP3 player. That is great news if you have been looking for an alternative to the iPod but have been using one for a long time. I'm sure there are people out there that are ready to give up on the iPod but I just don't see why. The only real complaint I've actually heard is that it gets scratched easily. However if you care about your iPod getting scratched you could just buy an invisible shield for it. I would also recommend a Foofpod to carry it around. Both great products that I myself use.

The strange news about this is if Microsoft did scour your iTunes music to see which songs you have bought and then gave them to you they would still be obligated to pay a licensing fee. This leads me to believe that if they did do this with your iTunes purchased music that they would have to put a price limit on it. Hopefully the iPod will be wireless by the time Microsoft comes out with their wireless MP3 player.


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