If DeCSS were to be outlawed, "it would be a blow to Linux development and, because our business is working withthissoftware, it would be a hindrance to our business model, " according to Palvovich.
Partly because your fresh-from-the-box second-gen Zune is disabled from playing any of its pre-bundled content until it's activated withthissoftware, but mostly because there's not another piece of media playing software out there that anywhere near resembles the new Zune 2.0 desktop app.