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Non-Tech : The New Iomega '2000' Discussion Group -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bill Fischofer who wrote (1472)	7/6/1999 10:08:00 PM
From: Rocky Reid	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 5023

>>1. MP3 is here already without copy-protection. It will not go away. << For unsigned bands with no record label, you're right. >>2. Anyone can rip a CD into an MP3 file. This is how all of those nasty MP3 files get created in the first place.<< True, and the SDMI I believe allows for this. But you must first buy the CD. And sharing it with others is against the law. >>3. The CD-audio format is fixed and cannot be changed without obsoleting zillions of existing CD players. The audio industry has no choice but to continue releasing music on CDs which will immediately be ripped into copyable MP3 files.<< DVD-Audio is coming this Christmas, and it has strong digital copyright protection.... You are right- CD's are obsolete. >>The result is that the genie is out of the bottle and cannot be put back in. << I think that the college students (who are the main Mp3 pirates) will put that genie back faster than you can spit once a few of them are busted and thrown in jail. I know for a fact that all 6 major Record Companies are going to crack down hard when SDMI is finalized and their web download sites are up and running. Watch for the headlines and photo captions featuring very unhappy-looking Steve Urkel types. The result? -- Genie back in bottle, wearing handcuffs. >>What will the ultimate outcome be? Simple. The recording industry will have to dramatically lower the price of audio CDs to the point where they are priced competitively with other storage media. << Interesting theory. Too bad it's totally incorrect. CD-audio isn't storage. You're paying for CONTENT. Not the CD. Suprise! Prices are not coming down. DVD-Audio will be priced even MORE expensively as it's phased in...