Boxofredsnot: Clarification...
Given my limited typing skills I tend to abbreviate my thoughts and leave much room for confusion.
My concern at this time is really just focused on the entertainment applications. Placing restrictions on how you use your music or movie library discounts the appeal of DataPlay for those specific applications. Content availability is important for sure but its long-term value will be determined to a large degree by the medium's flexibility. While the sound of my "Meet the Beatles" album is poor by today's standards, I have always been able to transfer it to reel to reel, cassette, CD or whatever. I will no longer have this option with copy-protected content. A Britney Spears' recording therefore isn't worth $15-$20 since I would likely ( God forbid ) have to purchase it again at some point in the future. Why unlock additional content on the disc if you would have to replace the entire collection? It would seem that the model can only work if purchase prices are reduced to nearly zero. Perhaps a young buyer wouldn't mind paying a buck or two a half dozen times over the next 10 or 20 years for the same recording. Not as good as free but it might work.
It appears that the DP disc is going to be an excellent technology for numerous applications. I'm just not sure if restricted, pre-recorded content is going to catch on quickly. I already own a CD player but I wouldn't buy a restricted CD. Without free-use DataPlay content, I don't need the player all that much. I'll just carry my old stuff around on the Treo.
Lack of content has been a problem for the last several years. This is only a minor improvement. Hopefully I'm wrong but, under the indicated copy restrictions, they won't get my money.
DoP
PS- Even Babe's ghost says the Bosox suck!... Wicked
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