MP3-Proof CDs?

alternateorg on March 28, 2001

Pride’s CD will incorporate technology that, in theory, will stop listeners from ripping its tracks into MP3s. If it works — a hotly disputed question — copy protection will change the terms of the battle over online music.

Raise your hand if you think this will work and/or not be hackable. If you raised your hand, you’re a moron. Gimme a break. If they can hack TiVos and the encryption mechanism for DVDs, this little anti-MP3 mechanism will be no problem.

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4 Replies to “MP3-Proof CDs?”

  1. John Craig March 28, 2001 at 4:23 pm

    Complete bull-shit. The point of this is to keep me from encoding music, and then sharing it. This also takes away my ability to encode my music… and just listen to it!!! I have over 3 days worth of encoded music on my firewire hd THAT I PAYED FOR. I sure as hell hope it’s hackable.

  2. Pixel Pusher G4 March 28, 2001 at 7:38 pm

    ROFLMAO!!! Let’s think for a minute. For a CD to be listened to, the sound has to be outputted. When the sound is outputted, you can take it back in the headphone jack to your line in jack… you can record mp3 from internal sound using SoundJam MP or any other program… and among other things… I don’t even see HOW it is possible to try to stop mp3 encoding… what a joke. The morons who market this stuff have no idea what they’re doing, much less how CD’s even work.

    Losers.

  3. John Craig March 28, 2001 at 4:23 pm

    Complete bull-shit. The point of this is to keep me from encoding music, and then sharing it. This also takes away my ability to encode my music… and just listen to it!!! I have over 3 days worth of encoded music on my firewire hd THAT I PAYED FOR. I sure as hell hope it’s hackable.

  4. Pixel Pusher G4 March 28, 2001 at 7:38 pm

    ROFLMAO!!! Let’s think for a minute. For a CD to be listened to, the sound has to be outputted. When the sound is outputted, you can take it back in the headphone jack to your line in jack… you can record mp3 from internal sound using SoundJam MP or any other program… and among other things… I don’t even see HOW it is possible to try to stop mp3 encoding… what a joke. The morons who market this stuff have no idea what they’re doing, much less how CD’s even work.

    Losers.

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