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"Back by popular demand, it's the Walmart DRM servers! You heard right -- just days after Wally World announced its plans to turn the screw on its digital rights management servers, we're now being shown a big \"just kidding.\" According to an e-mail (posted in full after the break) sent out to previous downloaders, the mega-corp be leaving things as-is for the foreseeable future, and it's all because of \"feedback from the customers.\" In other words, those actions it urged you to take late last month are no longer required, though we'd still back those tracks up on CD just in case. Can't be too careful, you know.[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]NOTE: This is a follow-up to our email titled \"Important Information About Your Digital Music Purchases\" from 9/26/08.  Based on feedback from our customers, we have decided to maintain our digital rights management (DRM) servers for the present time.  What this means to you is that our existing service continues and there is no action required on your part.  Our customer service team will continue to assist with DRM issues for protected windows media audio (WMA) files purchased from Walmart.com.  While our customer support team is available to assist you with any issues, we continue to recommend that you back up your songs by burning them to a recordable audio CD. By backing up your songs, you insure access to them from any personal computer at any time in the future.   We appreciate your support and patience as we work to provide the best service possible to you.  As we move forward with our 100% MP3 store, we'll continue to update you with key decisions regarding our service and your account via email.    Thank you for using Walmart MP3 Music Downloads.  The Walmart Digital Music Team"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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