(online at http://www.forbes.com/2003/04/29/cx_ah_0429tentech.html) ... Also, there is some new Apple-made technology at work that protects their interests. While Jobs didn't talk about it much during his speech, Apple has over the last year been quietly developing a digital-rights management software technology called Fairplay. What it does is allow you to do things that generally you're already allowed to do with CDs. You're allowed, for example, to make a copy of a CD for backup purposes should the CD be lost or damaged. The hard drive of your computer in this case simply replaces the cassette tape that many used to rely on for creating a backup. You're also allowed to create a custom mix which, again, many used to do on cassette tapes, but in recent years has been the domain of the CD-R disc and the MP3 file. But with the new iTunes, you're limited to ten copies of a single playlist before you have to change it. That's Fairplay at work. You're also allowed to listen to the music pretty much wherever you want. That may be on an iPod--you're allowed to put a song on an unlimited number of iPods--or on other computers. In the case of computers, you're limited to three, which should be enough for a computer at home, a computer at work and the laptop you travel with. Again, that is Fairplay at work...