willyhoops;199224 Wrote: > Well how about one company making a a Secure Cryptoprocessor / > Decompression / DAC chip with tamper-resistant properties and only > analogue outputs.
You don't realise, do you, that such a chip would not be an audiophile device. Complex microprocessors require different fabrication techniques to high quality mixed-signal circuits, and interference from the digital circuitry is a problem too. The analogue stage would be inherently compromised, completely negating the benefit of the 24-bit original. > In the same way why put the vendor though the hassle of running a web > site maintaining the users backups How long do you think it would take to re-download all your music if the SIM card (or whatever) were damaged? My collection - quite a small one compared to many - runs to about 4000 songs, each around 40MB each in FLAC format, which is 160GBytes. On my internet connection that's about 2 weeks' solid downloading, and a definite violation of my ISP's fair use policy. > A global portal which did all this and everyone uses brings the cost > down and makes life nicer for the consumer. Rubbish. Show me ONE case where a monopoly has ever been good for the consumer. If your DRM actually works then you've just put the music industry in the position where they really can charge whatever they like - the WORST POSSIBLE outcome for the consumer. > If it's broken- The system above is as secure as the chip on you creit > card and is not going to be broken. If someone working at the company > released some details then legal action must prevent web sites > publishing details or files. Like this DIGG HD DVD thing - that must be > stopped. Now I really don't know whether to laugh or cry. How do you think people find out that a system - like AACS, for example - has been cracked in the first place? That's right, they read about it on the Internet, by which time it's already too late. Cat out of bag, genie out of bottle... and of course, you fully appreciate that the Internet is global, so US law simply doesn't apply to most of its users. > Analoge recording is OK becuase the quality is lower and the tags are > missing. That's part of the idea. Some poor people will stick to old > CDs and analogue recordings but everyone who can will upgrade. It's > kind of nice becuase the kids can still play pirate mp3s but the grown > ups with money can get the quality product. Then the DRM is serving no purpose at all. -- AndyC_772 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ AndyC_772's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10472 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34928 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
