...why DRM is rubbish!! it's all fine and dandy until something like this happens

Serves the idiots right for buying DRM'd stuff in the beginning

The UK MSN Music store has always been a storefront for Peter Gabriel's OD2, so UK consumers have nothing to worry about.

Yet.

I'm waiting for a competitor to Play.com for MP3 downloads. Their selection isn't great for my tastes. What the heck is taking Amazon UK so long?

The foolish buyers of that MSN music should start up a class action lawsuit. Has anyone already thought of this? Anytime DRM validation servers get shut down a lawsuit should start.

Not MP3s, Windows audio files with DRM. If they were MP3s no one would care if they shut down their crappy store.