[Dixielandjazz] Planning on Doing a CD?

[Bryan Livett]

Bob:  that's priceless!  ( I think I have a "few" of these state of the art
"records", some new artist called Louis Armstrong)

Cheers

Bryan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert S. Ringwald" <ringwald@calweb.com>
To: "Dixielandjazz" <dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 11:08 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Planning on Doing a CD?


> You might want to rethink any CD plans. This sounds hot hot hot!
>
> ===========================
>
> RIAA BREAKTHROUGH
>
> Music Industry Unveils New Piracy-Proof Format:
> A Black, Plastic Disc With Grooves In 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" 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?"
>
> 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 externally amplified 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?"
>
> As rumors that a Taiwanese company has been secretly developing a
> 12" 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.
>
>
>
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