New Copy-Protected Audio Format?

Joshua Hinman writes "Iomega and Liquid Audio are working on a new audio format, similar to the old Liquid Audio format, with compression comparable to MP3, that will be bound to a particular Zip disk's serial number (every zip disk has a unique one) to prevent copying. I think it's a dumb idea (Unless they put a Zip drive in the Rio). It will probably be cracked soon enough, anyway. " remember when every video came had copy protection? I thought we were finally getting past that. Sheesh. Why torture your paying customers by restricting them like this?