Dan, a fewt things about this idea seemed to set it apart from other DRM cleansing techniques like jhymn or DVD John's early efforts. First, it would be program agnostic - it's not tied to a specific DRM technique, and second is potential speed - you'd be limited by the re-encode speed, not write speed. Third, it would not require (at least in the US) illegal manipulation of DRM'd files (thanks to the DCMA - which I hope will eventually struck down as a violation of fair use); you're simply virtualizing an already allowed output medium.

That it could operate on long file lists without human intervention would be a plus as well (at least for DRM hosting software that allows multiple-CD burns from one long list).

It would seem to be (because of the requisite loss in quality) a very fair analog to home casette recording.

-Zeke