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>From: "donna summer" <donnasummerwfmu@hotmail.com>
>To: idm@hyperreal.org
>Subject: [idm] New Piracy-Proof Format
>Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2002 11:53:09 -0400
>
>Music Industry Unveils New Piracy-Proof Format: A Black, Plastic Disc
>With Grooves On It
>
> Music bosses have unveiled a revolutionary new recording format that
>they hope will help win the war on illegal file sharing which is thought
>to be costing the industry millions of dollars in lost revenue.
>
>Nicknamed the 'Record', the new format takes the form of a black, vinyl
>disc measuring 12 inches in diameter, which must be played on a
>specially designed 'turntable'.
>
>"We can state with absolute certainty that no computer in the world can
>access the data on this disc," said spokesman Brett Campbell. "We are
>also confident that no-one is going to be able to produce pirate copies
>in this format without going to a heck of a lot of trouble. This is
>without doubt the best anti-piracy invention the music industry has ever
>seen."
>
>As part of the invention's rigorous testing process, the designers gave
>some discs to a group of teenage computer experts who regularly use file
>swapping software such as Limewire and gnutella and who admit to
>pirating music CDs.
>
>Despite several days of trying, none of them were able to hack into the
>disc's code or access any of the music files contained within it.
>
>"It's like, really big and stuff," said Doug Flamboise, one of the
>testers.
>"I couldn't get it into any of my drives. I mean, what format is it? Is
>it, like, from France or something?"
>
> Invention: Teenage computer hackers struggled to access the new
>disc.
>
> In the new format, raw audio data in the form of music is encoded by
>physically etching grooves onto the vinyl disc. The sound is thus
>translated into variations on the disc's surface in a process that
>industry insiders are describing as 'completely revolutionary' and
>'stunningly clever.'
>
>To decode the data stored on the disc, the listener must use a special
>player which contains a 'needle' that runs along the grooves on the
>record surface,reading the indentations and transforming the movements
>back into audio that can be fed through loudspeakers.
>
>Even Shawn Fanning, the man who invented Napster, admits the new format
>will make file swapping much more difficult. "I've never seen anything
>like this," he told reporters. "How does it work?"
>
> Pirates: Their days are numbered.
>
> As rumours that a Taiwanese company has been secretly developing a
>12 inch wide, turntable -driven, needle-based, firewire drive remain
>unconfirmed, it would appear that the music industry may, at last, have
>found the pirate-proof format it has long been searching for.
>
> (c) urbanreflex.com 2002
>
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