--- tlp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> snarlydwarf;155365 Wrote:
> > *snip*
> >
> > Or I could get 70 minutes or so if I burned Zune-downloaded files.
> Or
> > I could play the burn/rip/reencode game and get even more signal
> loss.
> >
> > No thanks, emusic and cds only. I can put those on CDs for the car
> > just fine.
>
> Yeah, what a pain to get around someone's right to protect their
> intellectual property. And it's so hard to find free programs and
> PHP
> (or other) scripts to automate it for you. Whew, that IS a drag.
>
> But what's really a hoot, and what I'd like to know, from an old
> (40+!)
> retired internet CTO and long-time audio engineering hobbiest
> (speakers
> and amps), is how you calculate signal loss from this process. The
> burn/rip should be digitally identical. The re-encoding is entirely
> up
> to you and there is no reason for bandwidith or amplitude degradation
> from the original digital to most formats you can re-encode to. So
> please, help me out, I would seriously like to know how you calculate
> signal loss from this process.
Actually, it is much more difficult than it should be to get an
accurate rip due to the design of audio CDs. That's why extremely
complicated programs like EAC have had to be written to get as accurate
as possible. CD drives and lesser programs try to hide errors with
tricks like interpolation but errors can be audible.
As for DRM, it is a poor solution by big copyright holders to avoid the
transition to other business models that digital communication in a
free market requires. Since for DRM to be effective, both the
encrypted data *and* the keys must be presented to the user, it can
only be properly enforced by a police state. The DMCA passed in 1998
is already a move in that direction and has been used to criminalize
the transfer of ideas.
I hold
the copyright to FLAC and I'm opposed to DRM.
Also
"Intellectual Property" is a term created to control the debate by
subtly altering the language. The digital forms of music, bits,
information, ideas themselves can never be property in a free society.
The physical medium is different. Copyright as spelled out in the US
Constitution makes that distinction; "Intellectual Property" tries to
take it away.
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/opposing-drm.html
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMCA
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#IntellectualProperty
Josh
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