Licenses are not in perpetuity and then court cases make some apps or features vanish. I can cite some I keep handy but here's a thing. There are some that cry FOUL! when a license deal or such falls apart.
Not much to add here.
Is Windows Media really going to shut down on June 30, 2016? My internet stream has been in the Windows Media directory for 15+ years and suddenly I receive an e-mail purportedly from them reading as follows:
Dear licensee,
Please know that a hard copy of the following notice was postal mailed to the license agreement contact on your License Agreement for WindowsMedia.com Internet Content Providers. We understand that your mailing address may have changed so we are providing an electronic copy of this notice for your convenience.
Thank you for your participation in the Windows Media Guide content licensing program. We regret to inform you that the Windows Media Guide http://www.windowsmedia.com/radioui/home.aspx will be retired June 30, 2016.
Pursuant to Section 7.2 of the Microsoft Corporation License Agreement For Windows Media.com Internet Content Providers (“Agreement”), Microsoft hereby gives notice to terminate the Agreement effective June 30, 2016 (“Termination Effective Date&rdquo
and remove your Company Content from the Standard Windows Media Guide.
Thank you and kind regards,
WMLA Licensing Team | PlayReady Licensing
Microsoft Corporation
Email: wmla@microsoft.com
AM I THE ONLY WEBCASTER TO RECEIVE THIS? What's going on??

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