The Scrambler is based on the same intellectual property which consitutes the Giovanni digital watermarking line of products with an important twist. The point of the Giovanni Scrambler is to allow for evaluation of content prior to purchase in a manner that restricts the scrambled contents' usefulness as it is plainly noisy. Encrypting the content would not allow prior evaluation as the file or streamed data would be an incomprehensible assortment of random data. We hope to provide such devices in cooperation with others and plan integration of the existing, fully developed software into inexpensive devices for consumers. The Scrambler works with any common file format, including WAV, AIFF, MP3, AAC, JPEG, etc.
Proprietary players seek to obscure file format information.
A weakness in ensuring such obscurity is comparisons of an available copy of the content available by other means, such as a CD, with the same content distributed by the proprietary player. Trusted systems generally force distribution of content thru a 3rd party who intends to enlist subscribers who are outfitted by specialized hardware or software to receive data and decrypt it. The free Player can play or view any common file as would any other common player or viewer. Keep the pirates guessing.