E. Man,
Of course you can digitally record any sound, but you still would be
recording an analog signal coming out of whatever player, and that signal
will have a slight loss of quality as compared to the original. The
copy-protection people want to keep you from making digital "copies" which
are as perfect a sample as the "original copy." Although digital copies are
still not "1 for 1," they are just as good as the original, which is why
the Industry says it's piracy. Digital copies are also MUCH faster to
execute than an analog copy. Think, you can rip to your HDD at 8 times
realtime, but you can't do a playback of the same CD at 8-speed and still
get the same quality (given that your CD player can play CDs at 8X real
time ;^)
As digital copy-protection becomes more "rampant" I think hifi A/D-D/A
machines will become more commonplace. Buy stock.
lata playa,
dan
Every Man <Every.ManATpressthebutton.com> on 03/27/2001 04:16:52 PM
Please respond to rumoriATdetritus.net
To: rumoriATdetritus.net
cc: (bcc: Dan Serkland/National/NISH)
Subject: Re: [rumori] Napster-Proof CDs
On Tue, 27 March 2001, Steev Hise wrote:
> very interesting article. the CD copy protection scheme
> seems pretty trivial and easy to get around.
Steev,
I was just gonna say, as long as you can HEAR it, you can
record it. Though, dataplay discs... not familiar with them ... but
wouldn't the same principle apply? If the player has a sound-out
jack, couldn't you just digitally record it?
Though I agree...if you don't want to lose your freedom, don't buy
into something that'll take it away.
> But the scary thing, mentioned at the end, is the idea of
> the industry's main goal: getting rid of the CD altogether
> and replacing it with new formats that include more secure
> copy protection. Like the Dataplay discs.
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