Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 11:05:56 -0800, Darren New wrote:
> 
>> Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> On Wed, 26 Jan 2011 19:19:30 -0700, Patrick Elliott wrote:
>>>
>>>>  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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