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Originally posted by Xugumad
Tony,
The problem is that MS won't flip the big DRM switch until the RIAA gives the nod. Guess when that will be - just about when copy-protected audio CDs (which are on the market right now) are ubiquitous. Those CDs are NOT playable on computer CD-ROM drives, due to error-correction tech differences between computer and home audio CD players. Combine WMedia and SAP with rip-proof CDs, and Linux/FreeBSD etc. just won't help.
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The copy protected CDs will be broken. Have been, I believe. And you're forgetting the great Achilles heel of all audio copy protection schemes: The analog path. Even if Microsoft-AOL-Disney manage to block all digital paths, there's not a whole lot they can do about re-digitizing the audio output. One D/A A/D conversion doesn't lose much fidelity, particularly if you're going to be ripping to lossy MP3 or Ogg Vorbis anyway.
And the digital paths will be broken, DMCA or no DMCA. There will be software, mod chips, and other means of defeat, all available to anyone who cares to look a bit. The RIAA will play whack-a-mole with the hosting sites, and if they can they'll have a few programmers ass-raped in prison, but they won't stop it.