Interesting story
here, about CD players with Windows operating system built-in, and Microsoft want Windows Media Player 9 with DRM to be used everywhere. Analog copying may be the only hope.
“It can be a shock to buy an ordinary CD player and find that it runs Windows. The iRiver SlimX iMP-350 (available in the US) doesn’t have a full desktop computer’s power, but it can take CDs you’ve created on your PC in Windows Media Audio (.wma) format, and play them as if they were standard CDs. Microsoft says its Windows Media 9 products, announced earlier this month, are the future: a way of storing, playing back, and protecting audio and video files from unauthorised copying. But after four years of development and £320m spent, WM9 has only been launched – not shipped, not yet. Microsoft’s description, then, could be a misleading indicator of the future.”
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