Chaos is running amuck and confusion seems to be everywhere! It is my understanding that e.Digital will receive a royalty for every Dataplay enabled DAP that is capable of playing the pre-recorded secure content. It is further my understanding that this does not mean that the device must be an e.Digital design and/or product.
The royalty payment may be coming from the OEM (such as Musical -- not the end distributor i.e. iRiver) acting as a conduit for this particular piece of the pie. In other words, a royalty may be built into Musical's cost...which they in turn pay out to another company (i.e. e.Digital).
This is all just my understanding of the situation.
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