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  1. A big bust by Fat+Rat+Bastard · · Score: 4 · on Napster To Abandon MP3 For .NAP
    I think that all of these subscription models (Napster, Duet, etc) are going to fail miserably. Why? Well MP3 Newswire did a great study showing the cost of subscribing to thier services. Since most of the music will be time bombed and you're restricted to a finite amount of downloads a month, its actually more expensive to "subscribe" to your favoirite albums than it is to buy 'em. Until they can force folks to use this service its just cheaper to buy the CD or download a ripped song off of Gnutella.

    If you don't have anything nice to say, say it often.

  2. Peer to Peer networks are illegal. by TheFlu · · Score: 2 · on New Peer-to-Peer Designs
    Unfortunately, peer to peer networks that have the ability to allow persons to trade copyrighted material without compensating the owner of the work should be banned...according to this article about the European Parliament.

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  3. Some answers and comments... by Raunchola · · Score: 1 · on Is SDMI a Consumer's Nightmare?

    "It appears you can't move the music files around on your disk. They get stored in an encrypted form and if you try and reorganize them other than through the SDMI compliant software, they go boom!"

    That's about it. Playing your music on a SDMI device? Forget about playing it on a non-SDMI device. What's even worse, is that if "circumstances arise" in which the SDMI player's security gets cracked (a la DVD), then the company making the affected product has to make another one. (Clause 10.4)

    Additionally, the RIAA gets to crack open the devices to ensure that they're SDMI-compliant. Well, they don't get to, but they can appoint an outside expert *hack* *cough* to do the work. (Clause 10.5)

    "It appears that storing your music on read-only media like CDR will not be possible."

    According to the SDMI FAQ, you can, but I'm skeptical.

    "It appears SDMI is a security standard only and doesn't guarantee interoperability between SDMI devices from multiple manufacturers."

    Bingo. Hell, I doubt a lot of manufacturers would be inclined to produce SDMI-complaint products, as it would cause too much confusion between companies that can't agree on a standard.

    "It looks like SDMI might be one of those 'standards' that can't be distributed as open source without its security being broken."

    Bingo again. DVD anyone?

    For more information, check out MP3 Newswire's SDMI information page.