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Mondak · 02-04-2004, 05:49 PM

Hey - that is kinda interesting. I figured that there was some kind of active checking going on with a server every time you tried to play a song instead of traditional copy protection. I never really figured they could track which machines it played on (3) without some sort of validation of how many it had been on so far.

This brings up a good point though. I have a number of computers in my house / office at this point and there is a lot of hardware swapping going on. When I see a deal on a new MOBO and chip or something maybe I swap out. I bet that they would then say that I have a "new" computer. I would suspect that between my media PC and my main comp and any upgrades, the files I download today would be largely useless to me in 12 -18 months based on me "sharing" them too much. Interesting.

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Mondak Industrialist Location: Southern California	Hey - that is kinda interesting. I figured that there was some kind of active checking going on with a server every time you tried to play a song instead of traditional copy protection. I never really figured they could track which machines it played on (3) without some sort of validation of how many it had been on so far. This brings up a good point though. I have a number of computers in my house / office at this point and there is a lot of hardware swapping going on. When I see a deal on a new MOBO and chip or something maybe I swap out. I bet that they would then say that I have a "new" computer. I would suspect that between my media PC and my main comp and any upgrades, the files I download today would be largely useless to me in 12 -18 months based on me "sharing" them too much. Interesting. __________________ All truth passes through three stages: First it is ridiculed Second, it is violently opposed and Third, it is accepted as self-evident. ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER (1788-1860)