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Old 02-13-2007, 12:44 PM   #1
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How about: producing, exclusively, stereo amplifiers that will only accept an input from a source that is licensed to only play licensed material?
Actually, I believe I've read where that technology actually exists, but hasn't yet been put into play.
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Old 02-13-2007, 12:49 PM   #2
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Actually, I believe I've read where that technology actually exists, but hasn't yet been put into play.
I read an article, back when Napster was still up, that predicted the hardware-type DRM we're starting to see, IE Vista disabling your outputs of certain signal types, unless it approves their source; or what we'll see next, monitors that won't even display those un-clean signals, etc.
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Old 02-13-2007, 05:05 PM   #3
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I got Pete a 4gig Sansa (Sandisk) it works beautifully for a lot less than ipod.
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