11-09-2005, 11:14 AM
Count Duckula,Nov 9 2005, 02:26 AM Wrote:Not quite. Something about uploading songs from some online service to a portable player, and the song can't be transferred back off. Somehow somebody found a way to get it off.
Maybe I need to be more awake. :D
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That would be DRM protection on compressed audio files purchased by download. That's a different ball of wax from copy protection on a CD. I don't pay money for mp3s (when I buy music I would like the full sound quality, the physical disk, and an album cover with a hot chick on it when applicable), so I haven't really looked into the whole DRM thing. I'm sure there are easy enough ways to get around it though. It's sad that you could buy a song in digital format and be limited in your ability to transfer it, or just download the thing illegally on P2P from someone somewhere in the world who has the CD, potentially get a better quality mp3, and be able to copy it at will.