At least Walmart are offering refunds. Maybe this will start to teach retailers that DRM infected downloads are a bad idea (well, DRM in general really).

Rob

No, the article says they are NOT offering refunds.

Hard to refund a download. It's not like you can give it back.

You're not important to them, pick another "partner" if you can.

HP may (or may not) have the relevant technology but they clearly don't have a clue about the market, and what "partnership" means.

Was this a relic from the Carly era? It wasn't launched while she was "in control" but may have been dreamed up during her reign...

Original HP press release for "Video Merchant Services" (Feb 6, 2007):

http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2007/070206a.html

Oh well pity the poor suckers that bought into these crap downloads but undoubtedly google will show a few questionable programs to permanently remove this DRM anyway or numerous forums will spring up to give a few pointers in the appropriate direction as well !

Now that the next generation of real multitasking super home computers and laptops are coming none of which will be stressed in disposing of any form of current model DRM being sold , I guess the writing is on the wall but fools being the incompetent fools and adherents of the "Peter Principle" with empty vacant heads incapable of holding more then one thought a time , will always ignore the obvious !