[CodeMasterPhilzar]

Mildly interesting. DRM is going to wind up being a mess, and anyone that finds ways around it will have the proverbial better mousetrap.

Read an article earlier today at: http://www.linuxtoday.com/infrastructure/2007020102926RVDT Where the author came down on the side that for content playback, Linux beats Vista. Apparently Vista would not let him play back a genuine, store-bought CD into a digital output interface. Yet another reason to ah "dislike" Microsoft, Vista, and DRM in general.

[proxy_user]

There are digital out jacks on many CD players and transports: coaxial, TOSLINK, or AT&T glass. This is necessary if you want to use a separate D-to-A converter.

So who is MS kidding?

[Psycho_Bunny]

I was playing with a beta of Vista on my laptop (it was a little under powered) and tried to play a piece of music that the OS simply refused to play because of DRM....

I had written it on a Yamaha Motif ES8 and recorded it on an XP machine with Cakewalk 9 and Sony Soundforge.

According to Vista's DRM, I didn't have permission to PLAY MY OWN MUSIC.