2 Jul
2003
2 Jul
'03
8:40 p.m.
On Wed, 2003-07-02 at 17:02, Mark Knecht wrote:
The bands have more say than you think, especially big name bands.
Check out http://www.mp3.com/bluesbakers. ;-)
Jan
Mostly true, although Macrovision makes some form of
copy protection that
can get embedded in the digital data stream which is supposed to survive
becoming analog. There was also discussion of making D/A converters that
would refuse to convert if this DRM data was in the data stream.
In order to embed DRM in analog you would have to be able to put
content into the analog that would be either above or below the range of
human hearing or it would be audible. The bottom line - if I can hear
it, I can steal it.
All this type
of copy protection does is to give you a crappy CD to
start with. Your best bet is to write a long lovely fan letter to the
band telling them that you won't buy anymore garbage - especially not at
US $17.99.
I don't think it's the band that's doing this. It's the labels that have
invested money in the band, and it's the big distribution companies.
BTW, the above was just an example. I agree with Mark K. I don't
download any music that isn't free and legal.
I think that most people that make music don't do too much of this. I
download music legally, from mp3.com, or one of these days from iTunes for