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Old 16-06-2009, 17:51   #79
Magilla
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Re: Virgin Media to Launch World's First Unlimited Music Download Service

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Originally Posted by Chris View Post
I wonder if they will watermark it in some way, so if it finds its way onto any of the file-sharing networks they can tell who put it there.
Possibly.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/12467...ht_piracy.html

though I don't think this has been rolled out as yet.



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Originally Posted by Milambar View Post
Just because it can be kept forever, and played on "mp3 compatable devices", doesn't mean its not wrapped in DRM.
It does because mp3 decoders will not understand the DRM, and thus won't play the file.

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Originally Posted by Milambar View Post
If its wrapped in DRM, then Sony's SonicStage cannot transcode it to a format compatable with my minidisc player, which is classed as an "mp3 compatable device", purely because sonicstage transcodes it on the fly before uploading it to the minidisc.
So clearly it won't be DRM'd if the claim that it will play on any "mp3 compatable devices" is to be true.

A watermark, however, is not DRM.
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