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Re: Is it about to rain on our MP3 Parade?


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  • Subject: Re: Is it about to rain on our MP3 Parade?
  • From: "Timothy Morris" <mail@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 17:30:03 -0000
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Gordon [mailto:paul_gordon@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 25 January 2000 16:07
> To: UK HA List
> Subject: [ukha_d] Is it about to rain on our MP3 Parade?
>
>

> If this comes to pass, it would (at least for a while) kill off the
market
> for off-board DAC's as well as any possibility of using a CDROM
> drive to rip
> these CD's. - or alternatively, it will kill the market for CD's -
'cos I
> for one would refuse to buy a CD using this protection mechanism!
>

Disabling the digital out will do slightly more than piss me off. I've got
about 5 grand invested in a two box CD player. I can't belive that the
record companies intend to alienate all their high-end customers. As if the
quality of .mp3 and MiniDisc Wasn't bad enough as it is!

Tim.


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