DRM Reduces Battery Life

gr8_phk writes "An interesting article over at C|Net claims that playing DRMed music can reduce battery life up to 25 percent. Yet another reason to stick with plain old MP3 files." From the article: "Those who belong to subscription services such as Napster or Rhapsody have it worse. Music rented from these services arrive in the WMA DRM 10 format, and it takes extra processing power to ensure that the licenses making the tracks work are still valid and match up to the device itself. Heavy DRM not only slows down an MP3 player but also sucks the very life out of them."

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Hmmm

[Anonymous Coward]

Additional processes, consuming additional cycles, and additional overall system monitoring seems to use more power. Who would have guessed?

Next week on Slashdot; Leaving the lights on causes higher electricity bills!

No, the cat does not "got my tongue."

[Impy the Impiuos Imp]

> Heavy DRM not only slows down an MP3 player but
> also sucks the very life out of them

Much like a lack of DRM sucks the very life out of the music industry.

For my pithy comment, I humbly await troll, flamebait, or other downmodification by angered, hmmmmm, let's ensure it by poking at the sacred cow, await downmodification by angered five finger discount specialists.

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