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To: Wonder Warthog
How much would anyone care to wager that some bright geek will develop software to automatically detect and delete the "clicks and pops" and generate a clean signal that CAN be converted and re-recorded?

Already done. This particular type of copy protection relies on the error correction audio CD players to to compensate for small scratches etc on the CD. You can easily avoid the problem by ripping it in analog mode instead of making a digital rip. Even those with the best of ears would have trouble telling the difference, and once it's done, it can be copied digitaly with no loss of quality. Bottom line, if you can play it on ANYTHING, you can rip it. Heck, the soundtrack for Episode II is already out there and the CD isn't going to be in stores for a month! How can you copy protect a product that isn't even being sold?

30 posted on 03/28/2002 7:58:05 AM PST by Grig
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To: Grig
Heck, the soundtrack for Episode II is already out there and the CD isn't going to be in stores for a month! How can you copy protect a product that isn't even being sold?

DVDs and Super Audio CDs are protected by encryption, a legitimate technique. But they can't prevent you from making lesser quality copies. This is where the industry needs to go -- protecting the latest and best products while not preventing home use copying.

43 posted on 03/28/2002 9:22:05 AM PST by js1138
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