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Originally Posted by ongapisa
I supossed that this post finally is going to be move to "The Fight Club".
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Why should it? Agent1 has a vaild point, and instead of assuming it'll turn out nasty, you could encourage a normal debate about this...
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Originally Posted by little_dancer
Forgive my naivity, but what is the difference between a 'copy controlled' CD and a regular one ( apart from the obvious- that it can't be copied) Is one of inferior quality- i.e would one wear out faster?
Just curious, I don't know much about CD technology.
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[geek mode]The main difference between a normal CD and a copy-controlled one is that a copy-controled CD is not a CD. It's just a little plastic disc, which looks and behaves like a CD, but isn't.
Copy protection works usally by manipulating the Table of Contents (T.O.C.) of the disc (the information where the tracks start, etc). By doing that, PC's can't read the CD -- and there you have the 'wanted' result. The main thought being here: "If you can't play it with your computer, you can't copy it".
Still, you might ask, why isn't it a CD? Simple: by manipulating the T.O.C., the resulting disc does not meet the so-called 'Red Book' standard, to which all CD's must comply. By doing that, the potential CD has just reduced itself to a ordinary plastic disc.
Please do note that copy protected discs may not carry the "Compact Disc Digital Audio" logo. That logo is reserved for all data-carriagers which do comply to the Red Book Standard. CDs.
This does, by the way, not mean that copy protected discs sound worse than CDs.[/geek mode]
[rant]But like Agent1 said -- copy protection is useless. If one wants to copy a CD, and he/she is determined enough to do it, he/she WILL succeed.
And to all you record companies I say: Yes, go ahead and blame us consumers for declining sales. Go ahead and protect your 'CDs'. That will help. Because, the decline in sales could have certainly nothing to do with an overkill of over-compressed, pre-chewed and cover-infested albums by those so-called (manufactured) 'pop stars'. Instead of signing all the final candidates of your local 'pop idol' contests, sign one or two really good acts who deserve a contract.
And give us value for money dammit! Make those CD's worth being bought!
All what copy protection will result to, is that you can't
legally create audiofiles from your own collection for use on your own pc/portable mp3-player, angry customers, and an even further decrease of sales.[/rant]
So. That's of my chest.
William
