You don't have to have DRM in the files. Just in the codec. Quicktime and/or Itunes are on almost every PC and Mac in existence. Both of them talk to Apple corp.
Let's say Apple gets a letter from the RIAA that says Apple will soon be named in a suit because the RIAA has evidence that Apple's lossless compression codec has been used to pirate billions of dollars worth of music. Let's say then that Apple decides to cave-in and flip the switch in Itunes and Quicktime that will look for Apple lossless codec compressed files on computers and render them unplayable. Sure it is far-fetched and seems unlikely, but so are all the other scenarios that have resulted in people losing access to music/video they have paid for under the assumption that the M$, Apple, MLB, etc., will take care of them. You have very strong faith in a system that sees you only as a source of money and doesn't care about you. Up until now you and others like you have been viewed as a source of income. The minute that changes, either due to threat of law suits, changes in tax law, etc., they will drop you all in trash without blinking an eye. TD -- tyler_durden ------------------------------------------------------------------------ tyler_durden's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2701 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46690 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
