[linux-audio-user] Cactus Data Shield copy controlled cd's

[Anahata]

On Wed, Jul 02, 2003 at 03:55:29PM -0700, Tracey Hytry wrote:

> Most of our CD decks have digital outputs that we then connect to the
> amps.  And most of our sound cards in our computers have digital ins.
> Am I missing something here?
> 
No, I don't think you are. In which case the copy protection mechanism
is next to useless.

SCMS bits will be set to 'no copy', of course, but there's plenty
of sound cards with S/PDIF input that ignore the SCMS bits.

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