14 May
2003
14 May
'03
10:28 a.m.
On Wed, May 14, 2003 at 12:26:25PM +0200, Wilbert Berendsen wrote:
I could buy e.g. a Terratec EWX 2496 which seems to
work well under Linux,
optically connected to a MD deck and use a portable recorder.
Yes...
Won't I run into problems with SCMS (Serial Copy
Management System)?
Does SCMS also apply to my own vanilla recordings?
No: your own recordings will be set for "copy once". You can copy
it digitally to another MD (using the deck S/PDIF out to the portable
S/PDIF in, for example), but a second generation copy from
that would be prohibited. Either MD would would work into your
Terratec card though; I'm fairly certain that all computer sound cards
ignore the SCMS bits.
SCMS is pretty pointless, really. Nowadays anyone can cheaply load audio
onto a PC and burn CD's, and anyone who was seriously into mass copyright
infringement for profit could always spend a few more $CURRENCY on pro
gear and forget about SCMS.
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