e.Digital Corporation (fka EDIG)

[jqlaw]

Just a thought...

Has anybody considered the "hack" factor in regards to Dataplay discs? Think about it for a minute, you purchase a DP disc by Pearl Jam, that contains 5 albums, but only the first one is available. The next four albums are "locked", which require you to go to Dataplay's website (or the labels web site...nor sure which one) and pay a fee to "unlock" each one. This so called
"Content Key" protection plan...how secure could it be?

Remember the DVD copyright protection that was supposed to be unhackable? It was hacked within days, and the code was made available online at a number of websites. As a matter of fact, you can still search and find it out there.

My point is, if DP disks are hackable (everything is to a certain extent) then this could spell big trouble. Make no mistake about it, it WILL be hacked, but what makes a successfull hack is the ability of the average joe to apply the hack, and have it become a common practice. If only one in 100,000 can perform it, then it is for all intents and purposes safe.

Does anybody here know much about DP's content key? Has anyone ever posed these questions to DP's IR, or even RP? If not, I might just have a letter to scribe soon.

John Q Law