] The Fraunhofer Institute, originator of the file format
] that brought the music industry to its knees, is adding
] surround sound and copyright protection.

[ Anyone have any more info about this? This is the first I've heard of it. Specifically, I want information about this "Light Weight DRM" of which they speak. I have little doubt that it's just as breakable as every other DRM scheme has been, but I'm curious. I'm also curious how good the psychoacoustic modeling must be do what they claim. I don't have a 5.1 system, and I'm not likely to pay for an encoder, so I don't have a practical need for any of this. Hardly any music is released in 5.1 as it stands... -k]

MP3 Grows Up%u2014But Do We Want It To?