Re: more protocols: shuffle/repeat, check in/out

Alas! Marcus Brinkmann spake thus:
> > With regards to the legality, we are not trying to circumvent coyyright 
> > protection on a music piece. We are mearly trying to use the device we have 
> > legally bougt. I dont know if that will hold in court ??? :-)
> 
> I am still pondering that.  I have taken the same position earlier, but now
> I am not so sure anymore, in particular as there are good chances that if we
> had a way to do file uploads like simple burner, we might be able to upload
> omg files without the checkout restrictions (we don't know for sure, it's
> only a guess).  And that would be a circumvention on the whole EMD
> (electronic music distrtibution) system Sony built up.

Look: I bought my mz-n707 under the pretence that I would be able to use
my computer to transfer music onto it "up to 25 times faster than
analog" via USB. The software packaged with the device was defective (it
doesn't run on my computer).

I paid for something that I quite clearly did not get. I should be suing
Sony for false advertising, in theory. But I haven't the money or the
inclination, so I'm eagerly awaiting the completion of this project.

How can this project be illegal? It's the only way I'm going to get my
money's worth out of my md player. Whether or not this violates the
DMCA, I have no idea, but the DMCA is a load of bunk anyway (which,
unfortunately, doesn't stop big companies from using it to bully smaller
companies, and people like us).

Yeah, so I'm rambling a bit. But, I appreciate what's been done on the
project so far (being able to title my analogue-recorded tracks without
having to fiddle with the unit's awkward interface is a godsend), and I
really hope to see file-upload capability in the future. 

Keep up the good work, and don't let the lawyers scare you out of doing
what you know is right! ;)

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Rob Park
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