Patent ID: 8468369

Claim:
A system for facilitating and controlling the usage of digital media files, said system comprising: a player unit having a memory therein for storing a plurality of digital media files thereon, said player unit having at least one analog output port and no digital output ports, said player unit capable of outputting analog representations of said digital media files stored in said memory on said at least one analog output port; and a network connection means for connecting said player unit to a network and for downloading said digital media files to said player unit, wherein a user of said player unit can only receive analog data through said at least one analog output port, said analog data being an analog representation of digital data for a given digital media file stored in said memory, and wherein no digital media file stored in said memory is digitally output from said player unit, said player unit having no output data port capable of digitally transmitting any of said digital media files external to said player unit, whereby the external transmission of digital data of said given digital media file is prevented, thereby preventing digital copies thereof.