All three people who purchased music from the MSN Music Store will be relieved to know that Microsoft has reversed its decision to terminate those songs on August 31. In an e-mail sent to former customers of its now-defunct music store, the company pledged to continue supporting those DRM-ed tracks for at least another three-plus years.
"After careful consideration, Microsoft has decided to continue tosupport the authorization of new computers and devices, and delivery ofnew license keys for MSN Music customers through at least the end of2011," reads the e-mail, according to Ars Technica. "This means you will continue to be able to listen to your purchasedmusic and transfer your music to new PCs and devices beyond thepreviously announced August 31, 2008 date."
Microsoft took a fair amount of heat for its earlier announcement that DRMed music purchased from MSN Music would cease playing later this summer. Perhaps the company realized that nobody's going to want to buy DRMed music for the Zune once they learn what happened to those foolish or unlucky enough to have shopped at MSN Music.
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