Or they could have been more sensible in the first place
Whatever caused them to set the HDCP flag on these files when they put them on the iTunes store, anyway? If Apple don't want them "protecting" from being played over a VGA cable, they shouldn't have explicitly specified that in the files.
Fix the problem, rather than spend good hardware costs on engineering a workaround.
Or they could have been more sensible in the first place
Whatever caused them to set the HDCP flag on these files when they put them on the iTunes store, anyway? If Apple don't want them "protecting" from being played over a VGA cable, they shouldn't have explicitly specified that in the files.
Fix the problem, rather than spend good hardware costs on engineering a workaround.