Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:58:39 -0700, Walter Bright wrote: > Steven Schveighoffer wrote: >> FWIW, Metallica's Garage Inc (the second disc) has some sort of >> anti-copy distortion. You can actually see a pattern on the data side >> of the disc. The result when you encode it via MP3 is some slight >> distortion, even at 160kb/s. It's pretty bearable though. I would >> expect that a bit-for-bit copy would not have any issues though. It's >> not copy protection, it's ripping protection. > > Given that Metallica uses heavily distorted guitars anyway, who would > notice?
That particular album consists of covers, but in general Metallica also has pretty calm ballads. Ever heard of 'Nothing else matters'? Even my grandmother used to love it.
