i am sorry not to have responded for a while. I decided to take the discussion to a more enlightened crowd. the debate here helped to sharpen my arguments so many thanks.
It comes down to (1) Is DRM possible? Yes cost effective DRM using harware Secure Cryptoprocessor / Decompression / DAC chip with tamper-resistant properties for dedicated harware players like squeezebox/ipod is very possible. Under $50 per device but with large investment to produce the harware. Analogue recording of the output would be possible but would result in lower quality and tag loss. (2) Would consumers buy it? For classical the 24bit/96khz and rich tags would be very attractive as long as there was confidence in the dac. Real potential to see dramatic sales as consumers upgrade their entire collection. Young people listening to pop would probably stick to mp3s. Questions on the remainder. (3) Would the world be a better place with DRM? Probably - the inability to sell music is likely to create an less original and more populist industry. A world with free 128k mp3s and drm protected 24bit rich tag audio sounds interesting. (4) Would record companies invest in it? Need to figure out if the pay market would be big enough to justify the cost of developing this DRM. (5) What about subscription service? Online subscription service is hot area in wake of DRM failure - but risk consumers downloading every cd and distribute. We can market our secure hardware to this market as well - very nice. -- willyhoops ------------------------------------------------------------------------ willyhoops's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10563 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34928 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
