We have mentioned here before on PVR Wire that the Zune will have file sharing capabilities so you can trade media and music between other Zune owners.However, it is expected that you will only be able to listen or watch the shared media 3 times within a 3 day period before it expires.
This tackles any piracy issues and can help drive sales, but then again I think people would prefer file sharing without any restrictions.
Rumors appeared over at CrunchGear that when you share the music or media with another person, if that person then buys it then you get credit for that sale.
No sooner did the rumor arrive before it was announced to be false. However, this is something that Microsoft may look into later on down the line.
1. Just a minor correction on your posting.
Zune-to-Zune through Wifi can be used to send music (and maybe not all music files) and pictures.
When you send music (DRMed or not) the receiver can listen to it for 3 plays or 3 days whichever caomes first.
Pictures can be kept for ever, there is no 3d3p here.
Unfortunately you can not share other media, as video for example, with Wifi.
The song sharing affiliation was just an one day rumor :)
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Posted at 7:17AM on Oct 30th 2006 by Zune-Online.com