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Re: [FYI] Napster to ditch MP3 for proprietary format
- To: Joerg-Olaf Schaefers <js@fx3.de>, "Axel H Horns" <horns@ipjur.com>
- Subject: Re: [FYI] Napster to ditch MP3 for proprietary format
- From: Heiko Recktenwald <uzs106@ibm.rhrz.uni-bonn.de>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 19:45:20 +0200 (MEST)
- Cc: debate@lists.fitug.de
At 18:39 Uhr +0200 17.07.2001, Joerg-Olaf Schaefers wrote:
>[...] Expected out by mid-summer, the new system would "tag" files as
>they are traded across the Napster network. Each file would then be
>wrapped in an encryption system, allowing content owners to determine
>how the new files could be used. The system would remove the MP3s from
>the system and replace them with a new, proprietary, digital rights
>management system that has not yet been developed. [...]
>
>--snip--
>
>Letztendlich läuft es also wohl auf ein proprietaeres Format hinaus.
>Ob es eine ausreichende Akzeptanz bei Industrie und Usern erreichen
>kann wird sich zeigen.
Laeuft irgendwie ueber Proxies. Und die Anbieter sind nur noch Zulieferer
des Systems.
Und wo bleibt der Spass ?