The Sony/MP3 Saga Continues 629
Renegade Lisp writes "Sony's rolling out their new line of flash-based music players to the
market these days. More stylish than ever, they surely look like a
serious attempt to regain territory lost to the iPod, and perhaps even
to create the Walkman of the 21st century. And it looks like Sony has
finally given in to consumer pressure: these new "MP3 players" can
finally play MP3 natively, not just Sony's proprietary ATRAC format.
But wait -- you cannot just put your MP3s onto the device, you have to
run them through Sony's obfuscation software first. The obfuscated
files, when installed properly on the device, can be played. But you
can't just move them around, share them with your friends, whatever.
Well, of course the obfuscation scheme has already been broken by a
brave hacker. But is this really the way to create the "Network
Walkman" of the 21st century? Sony, please wake up!"
Style vs. Name (Score:1, Funny)
Remember the "Walkman" and how it was first to make a quality product using a new format?
You Bet!
Remember the "DiscMan" and how it was first to make a quality product using a new format?
Again, yes!
Remember the "Mp3 Walkman?"
NO. I do remember the ipod though...
Re:Egh (Score:5, Funny)
It should also do the dishes and fetch beer.
Re:They're part of the RIAA, are you surprised? (Score:3, Funny)
Sony is part of the RIAA!?
GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!! *Jumps out the window*
Re:Egh (Score:5, Funny)
Dear Sony, (Score:3, Funny)
What a great idea!
Sincerely,
NASA
Re:This MIGHT crush the iPod... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Dear Sony, (Score:5, Funny)
We have a foolproof plan to put the internet genie back in the bottle [fourmilab.ch]. "Trusted Computing" DRM and the "Secure Internet" are double-plus good; only thieves, spammers, cyber-terrorists and pedophiles disagree.
Sincerely,
Minions of the New World Order
Dept. of "Intellectual Property Ownership Society" Propaganda
Re:Egh (Score:5, Funny)
No, fellow goat you're missing the point. No geek wants to see his new toy hanging off the belts of the likes of Paris Hilton and Bono. Thats why I personally hate all things Apple. Technology should not be cutting edge and also fashionable. I pine for the days of laptops that look and feel like cinder blocks evacuated by albino elephants. We as geeks have had to endure childhoods of bullying and female rejection, the one high point is that we've always had the coolest toys, now people like Apple want to come along and make it all cute and accessible. Blasphemy I say.
Now excuse me while load *.OGG files onto my Rio Karma via SHH from a remote SAMBA server...
Re:Egh (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Egh (Score:5, Funny)
I am so, so glad I'm not an audiophile.
Just a tip (Score:4, Funny)
I found that when I used the SHH protocol to transfer files, the sound volume was adversely affected. Now I use SSH and it sound much better
Your Karma still works? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Egh (Score:3, Funny)