Some time ago Mark Wilson sent in an email on copy protection harming hardware. Apparently a felt tip pen can foil that.
http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/industry/05/21/bc.media.cd.piracy.reut.reut /index.html?related Mitch ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, May 13, 2002 5:26 pm Subject: Copy Protection of CDs > Evidently, Copy-protection schemes can actually damage hardware: > > http://www.silicon.com/bin/bladerunner? 30REQEVENT=&REQAUTH=21046&14001REQSUB=REQINT1=53255 > > > That record companies think this is a solution is laughable. > Okay, so a CD won't play in my computer and I can't 'rip' it and > encode into MP3. Does this prevent the technologically savvy from > sending the digital signal from their standalone CD player into > their soundcard and encoding it this way, and then, of course, > distributing to the non-savvy crowd? So..the record company has > achieved nothing as far as preventing piracy, but has diminished > the value of their product by not allowing it to be played on a > computer, and left themselves open to potential lawsuits from > damaged hardware, and possibly from Philips, who owns the CD > patent, and is none too happy about this... > > Mark Wilson > Appalachian State University >
