JimC;212637 Wrote: > 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 Yes, I know that. Unfortunately only one of my 100 or so iTunes tracks is upgradable, so far. :(
However, as I was trying to point out, the embedded information is not a token that can be passed on as is a physical CD, or even as a virtual token when one deauthorizes/reauthorizes computers to the DRM provider. The embedded information can only identify the initial purchaser, not the current owner of the license. Maybe part of the downloading model is that, unlike with CDs, one is not ever allowed to resell his downloads; that once downloaded, they are his in perpetuity. -- Timothy Stockman ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Timothy Stockman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8867 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36487 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
