What about this:

1. IASCA releases the competion CD pre-ripped to whatever format on a data CD - that way, they can certify the contents.

2. Immediately prior to playing the track, the Judge can verify the copy of the track on the player by comparing it to the original 'licensed' copy (for example, by comparing MD5 hashes).

Note - step 2 is easier to do when the player is an MP3 CD head unit - pop the CD into a laptop, etc. I can't think of an EASY way to do it for the empeg at the moment, so I'll let someone else take a crack at it.

Bill B.
Mk.2 SN 080000183 - 18 GB / Green