Wal-mart to maintain their DRM servers

In response to what must have been a pretty large outcry? following W-mart’s announcement that DRM support would cease (including fellow blogger,? David Bruce Murray), they have apparently been persuaded to change course and continue their DRM support.? Here is the announcement from Wally World:

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

It’s kind of hard to believe that they actually listened to their customers…kudos to Wal-mart for their decision.