Thank you. The only reason I clicked on this story was to look for references to FriendFace.

Not in Australia, maybe, but here in the US, it was the decade of Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, Tracy Ullman, Howie Mandel, Sam Kinison, Rodney Dangerfield, Steve Martin and countless others. Hell, even The Simpsons started in 1989.

Having actually lived through the 80s, I'd have to say humor was one of the few good things they actually are known for.

Or were you just trying to be funny?

It would be a different story if I purchased a track and the DRM on the file required connection to a back-end server that didn't exist in the future (like Google video). In that case, if I purchased a track, and if I am denied future access to it then I should get a full refund. I agree with you if you're saying that purchasing a track with the potential of being denied access to it later should be avoided.

Unfortunately, this is the case with Yahoo Music, at least in my experience. I purchased tracks from them, then tried playing those tracks on a different computer, but found I had to connect to Yahoo Music again to make them playable there.

So what happens when, years from now, I buy a new computer and can no longer play those tracks? From whom exactly should I demand a refund, since with the way things seem to be heading, Yahoo in its entirety may no longer exist?