[vorbis] More on CD anti-copying techniques

Ross Levis ral at baycom.co.nz
Tue Oct 2 14:30:47 PDT 2001



Hongli Lai wrote:
> There are WMA files AND normal music on the CD?
> Why would they do such crazy thing?

Because as the title says "Compromise for CD copying is in the works".  They
have added anti-ripping techniques to the CD audio but consumers want to be
able to play music on their computer, hence the WMA files.

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