I just read a review of the Sandisk Cruzer from the Chicago Tribune (free registration required, no one says you have to give them real info, although they won't accept a yahoo email address). After giving the device a generally positive notice, the reviewer adds:

The SD Cards are designed to permit a number of copyright protection schemes and are expected to be used in the near future for things like letting a user buy music online and then either play it on the computer or on a portable device that is licensed by the music company.

In the unlikely event that this scheme works, there will be yet another reason to get a Cruzer.

Or NOT. Like I would deliberately purchase a pre-crippled medium. Hah!

PS: For what it's worth ~ I own all my music.

1:30:29 AM