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To: Bob C. who wrote (11259)	2/25/2000 1:42:00 PM
From: gqmobile	Respond to of 18366

Of course it is possible to make pirating traceable to the source, but for every lock there is a hack. People come up with new ways of protecting software and content everyday, but they are just making it more difficult to hack. They aren't making it impossible b/c the only way to make it impossible is not a solution at all since this means that the music would never be able to be played. So what do these companies/standards like SDMI & EPAC do? They make it extremely difficult to break and try to protect it as best they can. This is all they can hope for. Make a protection scheme that SHOULD hold up for a certain period of time. (I say SHOULD b/c sometimes it doesn't when there are flaws). They just hope that by the time the content is cracked it will be outdated. And like I said, this all they can hope for. Regardless, the music industry will release titles anyway. Even with the knowledge that no protection scheme lasts forever. They are faced with competitive pressure and other factors which will force their hand into releasing music with the knowledge that it will only hold up for a certain period of time. They'll just do their best to protect it and then let it go...