While certainly not a good thing for MS, it doesn't look to me like something they're doing to intentionally screw people over. At least if anyone's trying to screw anyone over, it's not MS - maybe the camera store, as another poster pointed out, which I would agree with, based on my own past experience in such establishments. That said, I don't want to specifically implicate anyone of wrongdoing without having complete evidence of such, so for all anyone really knows it could have just been one big unfortunate f---up.

What this does look like is some team within MS that handles some aspect of Bing and/or Bing cashback might not have thought through this whole scenario enough. It looks, though, based on the update provided on the site, that somebody at MS has taken notice of the issue. Whether they take action to prevent future incidences of this, and how quickly and thoroughly they do remains to be seen. Hopefully the folks over at Bing can demonstrate some agility here.

Kudos to the finder for bringing this up.

FYI - The original release of the Clix supported MP3, as well as DRM & non-DRM WMA. Newer releases of the firmware also include support for OGG Vorbis, and there is also a firmware that supports Rhapsody - so it's plausible that, even if MTV were to totally pull the plug on their existing WMP11 store, that there is a feasible migration path for their existing subscriber base. That would still amount to a bit of a dick move in my book on MTV's part, but I don't think it's a total catastrophe.

FWIW - My favorite music is always on CD and ripped to my computers for device sync. I still love going into an indie record store, chatting it up with fellow music lovers. Subscription services are nice and great for discovering new music, but I never put too much stock in them precisely because that music could suddenly be unplayable next month and need to be deleted.

As a proud Clix owner myself - still eagerly awaiting that 8GB Clix2 - I'm disappointed with MTV for ditching PlaysForSure, but I don't think it's the end of the world