no, password authentication is not DRM. the basis of DRM is the encryption of data to be distributed with a key, plus a way to distribute the key in a way that is hidded from the user so the distributor can control the decryption. this in no way resembles password authentication no matter how hard you try to twist it. calling password authentication DRM just confuses the issue.
your example of personal encryption software could be massaged into DRM if you somehow wanted to distribute your encrypted data then control how/when it was decrypted.
I don't know if you know it, but Sean founded Slim Devices, one of the early proponents of FLAC, and whose server is open-source and has stayed that way in spite of the fact that competitors use it with their own products. If you know Sean or Slim's track record you wouldn't be so quick to dismiss him as a brainwashed shill. If I understand right, he's talking about DRM in a very narrow sense, in a product similar to say encrypted cable/satellite transmission.
what you described is not DRM. simple password-based authentication cannot be construed as DRM without the term losing all meaning.
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Interoperability is a problem for FLAC (most hardware players don't support it), but it shouldn't be because FLAC is free and open. I wish DVD players/changers would play FLAC files the same way current CD players play mp3 files.
In talking about iPod killers/replacements, anyone have any idea of the best portable music player for an audiophile?
It would need to play lossless audio and also have a great output sound.
although I doubt you can hear the difference between lossless and any LAME preset on any portable, it is convenient to sync FLAC over without having to transcode.
I'd like to go for ogg/flac, but unfortunately, my mp3 player doesn't support them. They'd be fine for my computer, but I wouldn't be able to listen to them on the go. the day I find a high quality mp3 player that supports them, I will drop mp3's without a second thought. unfortunately, for the moment I can't seem to find a good solution.
"God forbid that there be a terrorist attack that could have been prevented by the Patriot Act after it has expired," said Sen. Jon Kyl, an Arizona Republican.
Hell, why stop there, let's wipe with the constitution a little more and go straight to a Police State Act, then Sen. Kyl can argue "God forbid that there be a terrorist attack that could have been prevented by the Police State Act before it was passed." Yeah, a prison could be real safe too.
If 47 senators are so for it, maybe they should just "opt-in" to giving up their rights, instead of passing another odious law that will apply to them too? Oh yeah, that's because it won't apply to them. They are elite. Their names will never be on a no-fly list. Their personal information will never be stored at a company like ChoicePoint (if you ran ChoicePoint, the first thing you'd do is create a blacklist so that no one who could mess with your business model could be affected by a scam). But they're oh-so-ready to shackle the common man to keep him safe.
'It is both disappointing and unsettling that ABC would embark on a new -- and competitive -- network program distribution partnership without the fundamental courtesy of consultation' with its affiliates.
dude, you've just been dumped for somebody hotter.
If someone will host a clip in apple lossless format, preferably a one second sine wave, un-DRMed, along with the original input (WAV or AIFF) and the stream parameters (bps, sample rate, #channels, exact length in time or #samples) I can take a look to see if it's FLAC or FLAC-like inside (I developed FLAC).
Maybe you guys can lend some more "oomph" and possibly widen or open up another revenue stream? You could supply raw FLACs, Apple could wrap then in FairPlay and write a QT component for it, and sell lossless versions at a premium.
These Audio Lunchbox guys may be open to FLAC too. Their FAQ doesn't say anything about it (nothing like "we don't offer FLAC because of bandwidth"). Maybe they just don't know about it.
All audio is lossy at some level, unless you prefer to listen to MIDI recorded directly from the instruments.
Lossless does not mean the recording is lossless with respect to the performance; it means that once it is digitized, it has been compressed with no further loss of information. The whole point is that if you have a FLAC version you can convert it to whatever format you want without the transcoding artifacts you would get from lossy to lossy.
I was thinking about this the other day. Maybe what it would take to crack this whole thing open is to create a usefu
l reader based on open standards, with no attention to copy prevention, like so:
a group of like minds forms a non-profit with open books (in the accounting sense)
design a useful piece of reader hardware, in near paperback size, that folds closed with a hard shell, and a flash
slot and/or wired/wireless connectivity
write some reader software based around some open format like html or something else; software and firmware would be open-source and hackable
line up content from free sources (project gutenberg, etc)
sell it near cost to early adopters, maybe with some program for dropping the cost as people pre-order or somethin
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The hardware wouldn't try to be a convergence device; it doesn't have to cram down to the form factor of a phone, it doesn't have to be a big ol' web pad. (It could be an organizer with a little extra software.) It could do copy prevention if implemented by Adobe and accepted by users.
It would give an incentive for many people to publish to it (the people who are writing to be read, and not just to make money). Everyone dumping their scree on the web would have a more readable outlet.
I think it's possible that demand for such a thing would be enough initially to cross the first production hurdle, then grow the same way the WWW did.
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your example of personal encryption software could be massaged into DRM if you somehow wanted to distribute your encrypted data then control how/when it was decrypted.
I don't know if you know it, but Sean founded Slim Devices, one of the early proponents of FLAC, and whose server is open-source and has stayed that way in spite of the fact that competitors use it with their own products. If you know Sean or Slim's track record you wouldn't be so quick to dismiss him as a brainwashed shill. If I understand right, he's talking about DRM in a very narrow sense, in a product similar to say encrypted cable/satellite transmission.
what you described is not DRM. simple password-based authentication cannot be construed as DRM without the term losing all meaning.
there are several that do, check out http://flac.sourceforge.net/links.html#hardware
http://flac.sourceforge.net/links.html#music
http://flac.sourceforge.net/links.html#hardware
the question is pointless. there can be no such DRM capable of determining human intent.
so how many of your proprietary software vendors have you petitioned for FLAC support? what was their response?
portables that support FLAC
although I doubt you can hear the difference between lossless and any LAME preset on any portable, it is convenient to sync FLAC over without having to transcode.
Who told you that? There are plenty:
FLAC players
Vorbis players
there are plenty:
http://flac.sourceforge.net/links.html#hardware
http://wiki.xiph.org/index.php/VorbisHardware
that was funnier the first time I heard it
were they among the 47?
"God forbid that there be a terrorist attack that could have been prevented by the Patriot Act after it has expired," said Sen. Jon Kyl, an Arizona Republican.
Hell, why stop there, let's wipe with the constitution a little more and go straight to a Police State Act, then Sen. Kyl can argue "God forbid that there be a terrorist attack that could have been prevented by the Police State Act before it was passed." Yeah, a prison could be real safe too.
If 47 senators are so for it, maybe they should just "opt-in" to giving up their rights, instead of passing another odious law that will apply to them too? Oh yeah, that's because it won't apply to them. They are elite. Their names will never be on a no-fly list. Their personal information will never be stored at a company like ChoicePoint (if you ran ChoicePoint, the first thing you'd do is create a blacklist so that no one who could mess with your business model could be affected by a scam). But they're oh-so-ready to shackle the common man to keep him safe.
dude, you've just been dumped for somebody hotter.
They can play FLAC though.
Honestly, that sold me.
here you go
How about swamping SCOX with a bunch of limit orders for 100 @ $0.01? Will the floor see those? I'd pay a buck to help the price go down quicker.
Josh
There was an editorial in Macworld recently pushing for FLAC support in iTunes:
http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/
Maybe you guys can lend some more "oomph" and possibly widen or open up another revenue stream? You could supply raw FLACs, Apple could wrap then in FairPlay and write a QT component for it, and sell lossless versions at a premium.
Prior art anyone ?
Bummer, that means he'll only be able to patent it in the US.
These Audio Lunchbox guys may be open to FLAC too. Their FAQ doesn't say anything about it (nothing like "we don't offer FLAC because of bandwidth"). Maybe they just don't know about it.
Lossless does not mean the recording is lossless with respect to the performance; it means that once it is digitized, it has been compressed with no further loss of information. The whole point is that if you have a FLAC version you can convert it to whatever format you want without the transcoding artifacts you would get from lossy to lossy.
The hardware wouldn't try to be a convergence device; it doesn't have to cram down to the form factor of a phone, it doesn't have to be a big ol' web pad. (It could be an organizer with a little extra software.) It could do copy prevention if implemented by Adobe and accepted by users.
It would give an incentive for many people to publish to it (the people who are writing to be read, and not just to make money). Everyone dumping their scree on the web would have a more readable outlet.
I think it's possible that demand for such a thing would be enough initially to cross the first production hurdle, then grow the same way the WWW did.