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Re: Do you really think CDs will be protected in future?
From: "Dave Howe" <DaveHowe () cmn sharp-uk co uk>
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 10:18:20 +0100
Davide Del Vecchio wrote:
I don`t know what you think about this, but in my opinion will never exist a method to REALLY protect CDs, just because I think that "if I can ear it, I can reproduce (and record) it".
There will never be a point where you can't make an analogue copy by simply recording the output. What the RIAA are afraid of is *digital* copies where each copy is as good if not better than the original. If they can make it impossible to "rip" a track to a computer or degrade the copy once ripped, then we go back to the old days of poor-copy audio-to-audio copies being sold on street markets (rather than the current situation with cd-quality albums being sold at near production cost rather than the 5,000% markup for RIAA "overheads" now common - if CDs only cost true production cost (mastering cost divided by number of copies made, plus stamping, packaging and royalties per-copy) you would get change out of 30p.... and I don't consider bribes for "airplay" a true cost. _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
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