This authorisation closure means that former customers of the service will only be able to shift music to different computers until August 31 2008. After that date, Microsoft will no longer support the retrieval of license keys for songs purchased on MSN music or the authorisation of additional computers.
The announcement was made in an email to customers yesterday. MSN Music closed in late 2006 prior to Microsoft's launch of Zune Marketplace.
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