I think it should just have an arm reach out of the computer monitor and hit them on the head with a bat.
( A nerf bat of course ) In all honesty, its only giving the codec a bad name to people who didn't bother to even learn about it for one second. Setting these kind of people strait is a lifes work for many a thinking man, but it is not my battle. -David On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 5:59 PM, Markus Ewald <[email protected]> wrote: > On 1/7/2011 11:42 PM, Jørgen Vigdal wrote: >> Hi Brian. >> >> I also agree with you on these points you mention. If you guys are familiar >> on how the piracy groups work on the internet, you are aware that they have >> "releases" with their names on it. In the piracy "scene", some groups are >> competing on getting the first release out, and could only be beaten by >> another group releasing another higher quality release. Some groups (or even >> individuals) are releasing their stuff that is being "ripped off" another >> release, and they transcode the original release (mp3 320kbps for example) >> to a flac release (that really isn't a flac). >> >> Some of these groups or individuals are young people, tinking that they know >> everything. My idea was based on this. It would be fun stopping this, and >> also, as you mention in your answer, having fun and experimenting with the >> flac code. >> > ... that really sucks. Pirates giving a genuinely great codec a bad name > because of the way their ecosystem promotes treachery. Though I wonder > if they wouldn't self-regulate by requiring EAC .logs or something like > that? > > I think an simple tool that is run on existing FLAC files and gives a > clear good/bad answer (perhaps with a probability to remain fair) could > spread like wildfire amongst audiophiles if publicized in the right > channels. > >> Thanks, >> >> J. > -Markus- > > _______________________________________________ > Flac-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/flac-dev > _______________________________________________ Flac-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/flac-dev
