Sony Disconnects Music Store

Published: August 30, 2007, 3:41 pm

Well, it's certainly an emotional roller coaster ride for the folks working in Sony's digital music wing. First the company unveiled a boatload of music players, and then, in their own version of Job's classic "One More Thing," delivered a quiet eulogy for their CONNECT Music Service, set to self-destruct at some time after March of next year. Okay, okay, not self-destruct--phased out. Lost music fans in the US and Canada will have to find a new home at another music store--if only there were such a service... No worries about your existing collection, Sony points out. They won't pull a Google or break into your PC and start deleting tracks--those songs are yours to keep. However, if you were unfortunate to have received some store credits from a well-meaning, but misguided aunt, Sony strongly recommends that you redeem like mad before the indefinite March cutoff. Oh, and once the store closes, users will still be able to use Sony's SonicStage app to manage their song files. In the

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