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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Sansa versionsRe: Sansa versions
From: Mark Allums <mark_at_allums.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 18:30:40 -0500 Mark Allums wrote: > Daniel Stenberg wrote: >> On Sun, 23 Mar 2008, Mark Allums wrote: >> >>> For instance, Sansdisk tried to lock out Rockbox on the E200 R-series >>> player, because of their deal with Rhapsody. Rhapsody wanted >>> exclusive access to the player for their subscription service, and >>> Rockbox has no provision for that. >> >> I don't think they tried to specicily lock us out. I think they (Real) >> simply used the provisions that existed in a way the SanDisk guys >> obviously failed to do. Like how they fixed the flaw in the digital >> signature check. > > Okay. I don't mean to say that they tried to *specifically* lock > Rockbox out. I think that Rhapsody wanted exclusive access, and made > sure that *everybody* was locked out. Part of that was certainly fixing > the digital signature check. Not because of the hated third-party firmware itself, but the fear that someone would break the DRM on the Rhapsody songs, and then be able to pirate the songs. In other words, the usual nonsense. --Mark Allums, cynic Received on 2008-03-24 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |