[vorbis] Copy protected CDs (off-topic)

[Gregory Maxwell]

On Mon, Dec 18, 2000 at 02:18:11PM +1300, Ross Levis wrote:
> A record company is releasing next month what it calls copy-protected CDs
> which apparently cannot be ripped by CD readers.  Major labels are waiting
> to see how it goes.
> http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-4099854.html

They are also unreadable by a large population of the existing standard CD
players out there. Once someone hacks the firmware to rip them, the
protection will be nothing and a large population will still be unable to
listen to the CD legally.

(witness dreamcast's cd format)

Stupid stupid stupid.

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