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[alcedes]

I am addressing a question that came up during the pod cast. Edward had asked something about what prevents a person from burning the music that one has downloaded with their Zune pass to a disc and then ripping it.

The Zune music format is pretty much the same as the Windows Media format. One of the features of Windows Media is that a content provider can restrict what a person can do with the content. The relevant restriction here is that WMA content can be restricted from being burned to audio disc. This is done with music acquired through the Zune Pass. To burn a track you need to purchase it. Zune tracks are sold for 79 zune points per track, which is 0.99 USD.

The possible restrictions go well beyond just burning to disc. A content provider can also restrict the what hardware through which content can be played. For example, one may specify that video content only be available through "secure" connections such as an HDMI connection to prevent some one from recording video output. A content provider can also specify that content can only be played on a secure audio connection. This prevents one from being able to loop the audio output of a song back to a file (a common method of removing DRM when all else has failed).
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[EJR]

[alcedes]

[Surur_]

I thought the zune store now sold drm-free mp3's when you bought them, (vs subscription)

http://www.boingboing.net/2007/10/03/microsoft-selling-dr.html

Surur

[alcedes]