Sharing a Zune Pass, can it be done?

tofu

From the Zune website, you can link 3 computers and 3 devices to one Zune Pass, but are they all unified under one Windows ID?

Or can you add multiple IDs to one Zune Pass?

Dehumanized

one windows ID per pass

it works exactly like an xbox live gold subscription

tofu

So this description is not accurate?

http://jeftek.com/227/share-your-zune-pass-not-your-social/ wrote:

Install the Zune software on PC-1
Sign into Zune Software with LiveID-A (associated with Zune Pass)
Be sure to check the Save Password, and uncheck sign in automatically
Download the music you want from the marketplace
Sign out with LiveID-A
Sign in with LiveID-B
Play/Sync music to Zune to allow play counts to appear on LiveID-B’s Zune Social page
You need to repear this process on PC-2 or PC-3 as well.

Dehumanized

Throughout that process, the Zune Pass is still only associated with LiveID-A. I haven't tried it myself, but I don't think that LiveID-B could download new content out of the Zune store on the pass, nor use song credits.

That method is just giving playlist metadata to a different account. At no point does the pass itself leave ownership from the account it is actually attached to. The rest of the blog post seems to explain all the implications of that well enough.

Lucky Cynic

It can be done but is a huge pain in the ass and your players can throw out their old content. Oh and your libraries can get royally fucked up in a big hurry.

If you don't mind have to resync devices left and right or wrestling with your library, by all means, but it is a pain in the ass and you aren't using it in a way it was designed to be.