Timothy Stockman;212618 Wrote: > ...You're right that we have always been on the honor system to erase > all copies when we sold the token. But, with non-DRM downloads we're > REALLY on the honor system, because so far as I can see, there's no way > for the copyright holders to even know who, other than the original > purchaser, owns the token that represents the license.
Actually, the tracks sold on the Apple iTunes Music Store have at the username and e-mail address of the purchaser embedded in them (this is for -both- DRM and non-DRM tracks). You can see part of the story here: http://tinyurl.com/yty75n The EFF speculates that additional copies of that information, or other unique identifiers, may also have been embedded in the file. I've yet to find confirmation that has been done, but it is technically feasible to do that. Apparently, Apple is using the "trust, but verify" version of the honor system. Being a parent of three children, I'm rather familiar with that system. -=> Jim -- JimC ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JimC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36487 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
