I've been getting a lot of this error lately. I'm using Zune Pass, and all of my music downloaded using it. I've deleted the song, and when I want to redownload, Zune Marketplace says you need to buy this song (cannot be downloaded as part of Zune Pass anymore).

Well, then what's the use of Zune Pass? I was just shocked to know this morning that all of my Oasis song falls under this "delete-and-purchase" scheme. Even though Zune Pass doesn't actually grants us ownership of the song, we still need to buy for certain songs. Sigh.

Now the tagline "instant music collection" doesn't sound quite true anymore, probably more like "instant crippled music collection".

Come on Microsoft, you can fix this!

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Zuning from Singapore!

Oh yeah, I hate that... My suggestion: Download the songs or albums you like as soon as they're released and never delete them, 'cause if one of them becomes a hit they will disable the "Download" option and put it on "Buy" only. They seem to think "hey, a lot of people is downloading this song, better make them pay for it". I love Zune, but I don't agree with that dishonest scheme to get more of our money.

Microsoft/Zune doesn't control the availability... if the content owner decides to stop subscription availability, or decides to completely stop making content available at all ("not available"), it's their call.  Thankfully, many distributors still participate in Pass... and more and more content appears, even as some disappear.

By the way, in the case of Oasis... basically their whole catalog has been removed and can't even be purchased from Marketplace.  It's also been removed from Apple's iTunes Store.  If you want to buy it, it's CD time.

 danielgaytan wrote:

I love Zune, but I don't agree with that dishonest scheme to get more of our money.

Microsoft actually has very little control over this happening.  Blame the record labels.  It's them that decide whether their songs will or will not be offered via the Zune Pass.  If they suddenly decide to revoke rights for their music to be rented via Zune Pass, they have the power to do that.  Many labels are standing by the idea that music should be purchased, and not rented.

Additionally, I'm not too sure the record labels are getting a good cut of the money (if any at all) with the Zune Pass deal.

Just my perspective on the situation.

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Alternative Rock - 90's Grunge - Indie - Electronic - Post-Punk Revival - Dance-Punk - Nu Rave - Art Rock

Anyway, the expired WMA downloads are as good as nothing, so Microsoft probably should provide a "Delete All Expired Music" or "Buy All Expired Music" button instead of throwing errors.

My current workflow for this kind of thing is:

1. Look at "Not Added"
2. Check for Error
3. Go back to Library, find the music (sometimes I forgot the title and need to go back to the Not Added page)
4. Delete the music

And I have to do that one-by-one.

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Zuning from Singapore!