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#207825 - 02/03/2004 10:10 So now we won't be able to play some mp3s either?
trs24 old hand Registered: 20/03/2002 Posts: 729 Loc: Palo Alto, CA	Thomson and Fraunhofer are talking about adding DRM to the mp3 format. yech! - trs _________________________ - trs
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#207826 - 02/03/2004 10:14 Re: So now we won't be able to play some mp3s eith [Re: trs24]
peter carpal tunnel Registered: 13/07/2000 Posts: 4180 Loc: Cambridge, England	And you can bet the resulting files will still have a ".mp3" extension. I only hope they frob the format in such a way that "legacy" code, such as all ours has suddenly just become, recognises immediately that it's not a valid MP3. Peter
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#207827 - 02/03/2004 10:18 Re: So now we won't be able to play some mp3s eith [Re: peter]
andy carpal tunnel Registered: 10/06/1999 Posts: 5916 Loc: Wivenhoe, Essex, UK	Perhaps they'll embedded a bit of "normal" MP3 saying "You are making an illegal attempt to play this file"... _________________________ Remind me to change my signature to something more interesting someday
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#207828 - 02/03/2004 10:53 Re: So now we won't be able to play some mp3s eith [Re: peter]
ninti old hand Registered: 28/12/2001 Posts: 868 Loc: Los Angeles	It's ok, it will end up being a massive failure. _________________________ Ninti - MK IIa 60GB Smoke, 30GB, 10GB
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