On 15 May 2002 at 8:51, Miller, Jeffrey wrote: > > on 14/5/02 11:51 pm, Andrew Crystall at > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > On 14 May 2002 at 15:36, Jon Gabriel wrote: > > > > > >> The Star Wars soundtrack has been available on the > > >> alt.binaries.sounds.mp3s newsgroup for at least a month. > > Somehow I > > >> doubt any copy-protection schemes the companies can come > > up with will > > >> prevent a truly determined person from ripping them. > > > > > > If it can be heard, it can be recorded. > > > > Well, that's true of course. The problem is if someone wants > > to make a lossless digital copy rather than resample the > > output from the DAC. > > easy - play it on a CD player with a digital out and route that into a > DAT with digital inputs. The remainder of the process is left as an > exercise for the reader ;)
Precisely. All the "copy protection" does is inconvenience legitimate users. Andy Dawn Falcon
