I think the HDDVD encryption point just goes to prove what has already been said throughout this thread. Sections of the HDCD encryption have already been broken before the product is hardly out of the box. Both Blu-ray and HDDVD have been successfully copied which just goes to prove that any form for copyright protection can be beaten if there is enough demand.
CD sales are down for a couple of reasons. 1. We have now replaced most of the old Vinyl that we wished to replace so we are not buying replacements. 2. The retail outlets have stopped selling anything that doesn't sell instantly on mass so we are unable to go into a shop and browse-buy anymore unless you live in a major city. 3. The larger recording companies are not willing to risk new material and keep releasing old material at a premium price. That seems to be the case with the classical genre and those smaller companies that do take a risk seem to be surviving even when charging at a premium price. Supply me with downloadable material in a lossless format and I will buy as I suspect would many others. The market out is there, some recording companies have discovered it without DRM but unfortunately the haven't understood the lossless bit yet. -- MrStan ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MrStan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1771 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34928 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
