Comment Windows media DRM (Score 4, Informative) 102
One reason could be windows media DRM: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janus_(DRM)
AFAIK, if a device supports "protected windows media", they must comply to some drm security specs from microsoft. One requirement for example, is secure time (user should not be able to reset the device time or change to an earlier time), or that the rng/random seed used to generate keys is "good enough".
The sad thing is that this device uses linux, but archos is trying to "close" the system, because of a microsoft requirement.
I don't understand why companies _need_ to support drm'ed media. The Nokia N800 series is very, very open. I suppose it doesn't play drm'ed media, but who wants protected media, anyway? It can play all my mp3's, videos fine.
AFAIK, if a device supports "protected windows media", they must comply to some drm security specs from microsoft. One requirement for example, is secure time (user should not be able to reset the device time or change to an earlier time), or that the rng/random seed used to generate keys is "good enough".
The sad thing is that this device uses linux, but archos is trying to "close" the system, because of a microsoft requirement.
I don't understand why companies _need_ to support drm'ed media. The Nokia N800 series is very, very open. I suppose it doesn't play drm'ed media, but who wants protected media, anyway? It can play all my mp3's, videos fine.
