more on now it's CD burning, instead of file-sharing

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Marc <marcaniballi () hotmail com>
Date: August 13, 2005 3:41:36 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: RE: [IP] now it's CD burning, instead of file-sharing


The Software industry has been at this a lot longer than the music  
industry.
Have these RIAA idiots not thought to ask about effective copy  
protection of
physical media? They probably wouldn't like the answer - It can't be  
done! A
hack will always be found and propagated globally within days.

You may have noticed that there has been very little activity from  
the major
software vendors trying to shut down the Kazaas and Bittorrents of the
world; even though they "suffer" just as much if not more than the  
RIAA and
MPAA together. Maybe they know something?!


Marc

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From: David Farber [mailto:dave () farber net]
Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 2:40 PM
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Subject: [IP] now it's CD burning, instead of file-sharing



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From: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb () cs columbia edu>
Date: August 13, 2005 2:13:05 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: now it's CD burning, instead of file-sharing


Remember how file-sharing was the one true threat to the music
industry?  Well, now it's CD burning instead.

     ''Burned'' CDs accounted for 29 percent of all recorded music
     obtained by fans in 2004, compared to 16 percent attributed to
     downloads from online file-sharing networks, said Mitch Bainwol,
     chief executive for the Recording Industry Association of America.

     ....

     Copy protection technology ''is an answer to the problem that
     clearly the marketplace is going to see more of,'' he added.

More details at http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/arts/AP-Music-
Retailers.html

(Aside: does anyone else remember their assault on cassette tapes
about 20 years ago, where they wanted to encode an allegedly-inaudible
signal that recorders would recognize?  That attempt failed when it
was demonstrated that the chosen signal was, in fact, quite audible
on certain types of music.)



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