From: Paul Louden <paulthenerd_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2006 19:29:44 -0500

Well, it may be true that with DRM they're giving away the key as well, but
that's not the way ALL DRM works. For example, the Windows Media DRM has a
key of some sort embedded in each player that supports it, which is why the
H300s lose the ability to playback DRM'ed music once the firmware is flashed
to an international version, and it's non-recoverable. So, while some
methods of DRM aren't "strong" the main reason that they aren't is because
if the algorithm were revealed you could permanently decrypt your music,
rather than only temporarily for playback.

Goldwave actually uses the audible directshow filter. For all practical
purposes it plays back the file, then records that playback as a WAV, then
gives you access to that rather than the original file. But all this happens
internally. Your computer has the ability to play the files, but that can't
be done on various MP3 players, as within Rockbox they don't have the
ability to play them back at all.


On 7/9/06, Manuel Dejonghe <manuel_at_dejonghe.de> wrote:
>
> On 7/9/06, Paul Louden <paulthenerd_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> > Actually, a truly strong encryption should be safe with the decryption
> > algorithms opened up (GPG for example). The strength should lie within
> the
> > secret kept by the person who is meant to decode the file (your key).
> But
> > most people believe that obscurity helps increase security, or think
> that
> > opening their encryption algorithms will make it easier for people to
> pirate
> > the audiobooks or audio files. While this is possibly true, in the end
> > people find a way no matter what.
>
> BTW: How does Goldwave play these files or stand against the suits
> from audible ? This tool has been reported multiple time to be able to
> convert audible-files.
> My questions of course assume they to it illegally. The other
> possibility is that they payed for a license playing these files. But
> I don't think so, as selling a license to a converter would fail the
> whole system.
>
> ~lImbus
>
Received on 2006-07-10