> > It makes me wonder what other famous and tech-savvy musicians, like Alan > > Parsons or Todd Rundgren, think of things like DRM. Now there's an idea for a series of interviews... > Sound on Sound did a scathing review of DRM from a pro-audio point of > view... i think it was the December issue.. probably online now > http://www.sospubs.co.uk/ It was a piece on Secure Audio Path in the Cutting Edge column. I've just submitted a much longer piece on DRM which might make it into the March issue. It's a feature article covering hackSDMI, wma/Beale Screamer, Liquid Audio, RealNetworks Helix DRM, Cactus Data Shield (now known as CDS), TCPA and that thing that used to be called Palladium until MS re-branded it. Seems they had ripped off someone else's intellectual property! The CDS-300 system has particular implications for Linux audio users because it's a multisession CD. It attempts to force the computer to use the Yellow Book session, which contains DRM enabled Windows Media Player files. If I find out I've bought one of these, it's going straight back to the shop. Maybe musicians should state on CD labels when they are offering 100% Red Book discs that will work on anything... Cheers Daniel
