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Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 11:05:56 -0800, Darren New wrote:
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>> Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> On Wed, 26 Jan 2011 19:19:30 -0700, Patrick Elliott wrote:
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>>>> Any "copies" are charged at a lower cost, either to the
>>>> copier, or the one receiving.
>>> How would one even collect on that, though?
>> If it's via something like a kindle, you're really transferring rights,
>> which is to say, issuing new keys from the license server. If it's not
>> DRMed, you'd have to have it phone home.
>
> Which is hard to do with nonexecutable code (such as audio tracks on a
> CD).
The code doesn't have to be executable to be DRMed. WMA files can carry
DRM. You just have to have a device that plays back the file and eventually
gets in touch with some license server.
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
"How did he die?" "He got shot in the hand."
"That was fatal?"
"He was holding a live grenade at the time."
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