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0.5 stars
"Use ONLY if you want TEMPORARY music!!!"
Pros: initially less $ than Napster
Cons: In the end, the license will expire and you'll have to re-purchase the same music!
Summary: The license that allows you to play your music will eventually expire, and even though it is "supposed" to be transferrable to another computer by backing up the liceses in Media Player, it doesn't work, so you will end up re-purchasing the music again if you want to access it after the license expires. Every single song I have ever paid for now says "license expired...some licensees from time to time rescind their licensing rights...blah blah blah" which shouldn't matter since I legally bought and paid for the songs!
Also, the clip you hear may not be the same version as the one you download (ie: radio version or acapella)...they will NOT reimburse you for their own mistake when you get music other than what you expected to receive based on the clip/description!
So, basically the Wal-Mart music service is a complete WASTE of money...stick to Napster, at least you get what you pay for...you own the song once you buy it. With Wal-Mart you "rent" it, and then it's gone.
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I had exactly the same thing happen to me. After the first time all my licenses mysteriously evaporated, I was able to obtain new ones from Walmarts customer service. This took several hours! Thereafter I purchased and downloaded around 80 more tunes. Within a couple weeks I could no longer play any of them due to the licenses again just going away. I was so thoroughly pissed for being fooled twice that I never went back. I emailed them a complaint but their system didn't recognize it, so I couoldn't even get that little bit of satisfaction. I went with URGE which is now Rhapsody. So far, no problems there. Walmart music really sucks!!
