DataPlay?

You ever heard of DataPlay? I had not.
The story of it's life (or lack of) seems alot like Sony's MiniDisc (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minidisk).

You can read a bit about DataPlay here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DataPlay

DataPlay had some DRM built into the disk (and players), and the musi industry wanted to make it the new media of music.

A little about it from a Google Book:
http://books.google.ca/books?id=4kaOT8SdfkYC&pg=PA203&lpg=PA203&dq=dataplay&source=web&ots=alc3c7lg6f&sig=q-QNhzSDqNQjAqPlXlsw45kLMHw&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=6&ct=result#PPA203,M1

From NY Times (August 29, 2002):
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F05E0D8163FF93AA1575BC0A9649C8B63

PC World (Oct 8, 2004):
http://www.pcworld.com/article/118108/dataplay_discs_stage_a_comeback.html

From G4 TV (2006):
http://www.g4techtv.ca/callforhelp/shownotes/0454.shtml?regular

TechWeb's TechEncyclopedia article on DataPlay:
http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm.jhtml?term=DataPlay

Gotta love failed technology!