> From: Reggie Bautista <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I wrote: > > > But the next step is encoding a subsonic audio signal into the > > > recording that a cd burner would interpret as a command to not record. > > > The only thing required for that is for someone to decide on a > > > standard signal to do that, and a chip in all cd burners (or a piece > > > of code in all recording software) to listen for that signal. > > > Andy replied: > >WOAH! > > > >You *really* think that the CD-RW/DVD-whatever makers will agree to > >that? I don't think so... > > I certainly *hope* they can't agree, but they didn't have any problem > agreeing on a standard copy protection scheme for VHS VCRs.
This is wrong. VCR makers were including chips that would bypass the macrovision 'protection' scheme up untill congress passed a law forcing them to stop doing this. The Macrovision scheme is fundamentally different from what you describe, and is closer to the new 'protections' on CD's. My VCR can record macrovision protected tapes / broadcasts, new VCR's can't. > >And software side, let em go ahead and mandate it. People will crack > >is out within a week. > > And I'll probably be using that crack within a couple of weeks after than > (it'll probably take that long for me to hear about it :-)
