[vorbis] Here we go again...

[Robert Voigt]

On Sunday 22 July 2001 13:40, Olaf van der Spek wrote:

> But if the error correction is already necessary used from the start, what
> happens if the CD gets damaged? Then there's no error correction at all
> anymore and the quality of the audio would suffer.

Yes, that's one of the annoying things of this technology. They just ignored 
the fact that error correction was introduced to audio CDs for a reason. The 
reason is that every CD gets scratches when used and these scratches cause 
read errors. The errors Macrovision introduces use up all or most of this 
headroom in new CDs. There's not much left for scratches. So making a backup 
copy from a CD you just bought becomes even more important, while it becomes 
more difficult at the same time. 

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