On Sun, Jun 19, 2005 at 07:47:33PM -0400, Andrew Schulman wrote: > > Read an article in the WP about copyprotected CD's: > > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/18/AR2005061800149.html > > > > Would cdparanoia care? > > I read that article all the way through this AM, hoping that it would say > something about how the protection scheme works. But it didn't. No doubt > the vendor stays quiet about the specifics, but it shouldn't be hard to > figure out. > > Does anyone know the details? Some Windows-specific driver that's required > to read the tracks? And how does it know how many times you've ripped a > song-- stashing counts in the registry some place, or in a hidden part of > the hard drive? > > In any case, it sounds like an abomination-- a music CD that requires > Windows. > Hi Folks, If FLOSS continues to exists, how can a manufacturer make something that 'we' can not use, given enought time or effort. 'css', fairplay, macrovision, various older tech that require some win-based compontents, the use of the 'shift key' or markers-- all have not effected 'us'. As long as they dont change the CD/DVD standard and thus hardware, it doesnt seem that these affect 'us'. Cheers, kev -- counter.li.org #238656 -- goto counter.li.org and be counted! `$' $' $ $ _ ,d$$$g$ ,d$$$b. $,d$$$b`$' g$$$$$b $,d$$b ,$P' `$ ,$P' `Y$ $$' `$ $ "' `$ $$' `$ $$ $ $$ggggg$ $ $ $ ,$P"" $ $ $ `$g. ,$$ `$$._ _. $ _,g$P $ `$b. ,$$ $ $ `Y$$P'$. `Y$$$$P $$$P"' ,$. `Y$$P'$ $. ,$.
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