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I can't see how this is a DRM play. With HDMI, it's not as if you could easily capture the FPD-Link signals after the video had been decrypted. With digital audio, you still have to drive a two terminal analog transducer. It's trivial to turn a signal for driving a speaker into something that can be recorded with an audio interface.

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> It's trivial to turn a signal for driving a speaker into something that can be recorded with an audio interface.

In theory, yes, it's trivial. But it's not trivial to 99.9% of people that listen to music.

Also, I don't think it will be about preventing the re-recording of the music. Nobody wants to keep a music library anymore, just as nobody keeps a movie library. Is the music industry really losing money to "pirates" anymore?

The DRM will be used to control which devices you can listen to music on. As Jay-Z's last album was only available on his streaming service, I predict that the next gimmick will be that you can only listen on his headphones.

It's trivial for anyone who would try to use the analog hole to begin with.

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