There’s an interesting thread over at Zunerama that talks about how songs downloaded via a Zune Pass subscription are usable on a Creative Zen digital music player (and possibly on other PlaysForSure devices out there). This isn’t exactly surprising of course since David Caulton of Microsoft has already acknowledged this in an interview over at the ClicZune here. Here’s the quote:

“Zune content can get out via Windows Media Player into playsforsure devices, but this scenario isn’t officially supported and may not be reliable.”

So what does this ultimately mean? Well, as long as you have a Zune Pass membership, it COULD mean your downloaded songs will work on a wider collection of digital audio players than just the Zune. Of course.. if you own a Creative Zune or some other PlaysForSure device, it’s not clear why you wouldn’t consider signing up to a service like Napster or some other vendor. However, if you have one of these devices as well as a Zune, then a Zune Pass subscription makes more sense to me. In any case, it’ll be interesting to see how this all plays out over time.

[Check it out via eHomeUpgrade - republished from ZuneSphere.com]

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