Stuart posted (as quoted in Pekka's follow-up),
| In reply to the ORIGINAL question, no, this will not affect CD to MD | transfers, as highlighted on the Minidisc.org page My understanding is that this type of protection is strictly ripproofing and is not *expected* to impair S/PDIF transfers, but nobody knows positively yet. One regular on alt.audio.minidisc bought the Charley Pride CD (which uses a type of ripproofing) but he had no equipment with S/PDIF output and was out to see only if he could defeat the ripproofing. Unfortunately, he was too antsy to return it as defective to look for someone nearby with a machine with S/PDIF output to see whether that was affected or not. If it isn't, then anyone with a standalone CD recorder or with a soundcard that supports S/PDIF input can make a rippable copy. Fewer people have either of those than have CD-ROMs that support DAE. Moreover, there should be even a further reduction in copying from the sacrifice of coolness by having to do that first transfer in real-time; that may sound sarcastic, but it seems that a large number of people won't put up with it. (There's a running joke about the collegian stealthing a concert who fumes that the band won't play faster than real-time.) ----------------------------------------------------------------- To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
