(p) symbol & DRM

Hi,
	Help! I'm being seduced by the dark side! I have installed iTunes
on my WinXP partition and cannot resist its slick interface and ease of
purchasing. If I'm not careful, it will drive me broke. My only saving
grace is that it takes me ~15-20 minutes to download a single song with my
56K modem.

	:) Anyway, my question has to do with a curious (p) symbol where I
would ordinarily expect to see a (c) symbol for copyright. Screenshot
here:

  http://dod.hpi.net/multimedia-mirror/p-file.png

Notice that it says "(p) 1998" rather than "(c) 1998". What does this
(p) thing mean? Does it mean something different than copyright? Protected
file?

	It's also curious that Apple does not mind telling you exactly
where the (DRM'd) music file lives on the filesystem. I expected this type
of info to be obfuscated, but they put it out there as if they have
nothing to hide, almost as if they are taunting the user to try to take
the file and play it elsewhere.

--
	-Mike Melanson




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