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To: DiViT who wrote (57246)	4/10/2001 8:35:58 PM
From: KeepItSimple	Respond to of 74651

Selling music? I dont know how many times a one-time launch of some encrypted data product has been launched, and 100% of them are broken within 24 hours of release. These files will appear on Napster instantaneously. Until they find a way to send encrypted music directly to my brain, it's going to have to reach my ears at somepoint. And that is the weak link that dooms all music encryption to utter failure. --------------------- He added that the music downloads will be heavily encrypted so the songs can't be ``burned,'' or written, onto a blank CD or turned into digital music files which could be swapped by other users.