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#207825 - 02/03/2004 10:10 So now we won't be able to play some mp3s either?
trs24
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Registered: 20/03/2002
Posts: 729
Loc: Palo Alto, CA
Thomson and Fraunhofer are talking about adding DRM to the mp3 format. yech!

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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
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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.

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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
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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"...
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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
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Registered: 28/12/2001
Posts: 868
Loc: Los Angeles
It's ok, it will end up being a massive failure.
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