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Technology Stocks : e.Digital Corporation(EDIG) - Embedded Digital Technology
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To: Jon Tara who wrote (11064)2/21/2000 7:35:00 PM
From: Todd Pagel  Read Replies (2) of 18366
 
JonTara...Yes, pirating will be unstoppable to a certain degree. But that isn't the goal. The big picture is aimed at the "typical" music end user, the one who will buy CD's and enjoy the music, but doesn't take the time to program the VCR clock. It's all about keeping "honest people honest." The average music purchaser at brick and mortar stores will gradually begin to buy music in various downloadable manners, and many people already buy music online. These people are accustomed to paying for music, and they make up the vast majority of retail music consumers. SDMI is geared toward these people. There will always be those who will find ways around the security protocols, but they will be a distinct minority. Most people are far too lazy to undertake that kind of task, espepcially since the price of online music may be a reduction from what they pay now. As far as transcoding goes, yep, oyu can do it. Ever listen to a cassette recording of a cassette recording? Keep in mind that the music is compressed to begin with, using "lossy" codecs (by definition). To transcode just makes the quality worse. People will pay for better quality, especially if the price were nominal. So in the end, there will be room for those who cheat the system, but they wil be out of the mainstream IMHO
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