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Philips Says Compact Discs Can't be Copyprotected

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the voice-of-reason dept.

Tomcat666 writes "tecChannel has a story about Philips, the holder of the most CD digital audio (CD-DA) patents. Apparently, they don't like the audio CD copy protection many record companies want to enforce in the future. They break the CD-DA standard and therefore are not allowed to use the logo. As a conclusion, Philips' next audio CD copier will be able to detect and probably circumvent the copy protection of audio CDs." This article is Auf Deutsch but the fish does a tolerable job of making it sane for those who can't remember the proper gender of all their nouns.

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  1. My eyes are bugging out here... by alleria · · Score: 5, Funny

    Phillips is doing practically everything I would have wanted a hardware manufacturer (and holder of the CD Rom license) to do!

    So, mmm, what's the giant conspiracy? Why is this happening?

  2. Everyone sing along... by sid_vicious · · Score: 5, Funny

    As a conclusion, Philips' next audio CD copier will be able to detect and probably circumvent the copy protection of audio CDs.

    "I've got to admit, it's getting better... it's getting better all the time..."
    :-)

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    If it ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet.
  3. Re:patent runs out soon by n8willis · · Score: 5, Funny
    Unfortuneatly according to the article, Philip's patent runs out in 2002/3 (hitting that 20yr mark).


    Great Scott! I'm going to write to my Congressperson this very minute and lobby for an extension on patent lifetimes!

    Nate

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    -- Watch the REAL Jon Katz.
  4. Best quote from translated article by SuperKendall · · Score: 5, Funny

    I link that translation link. I found this quote to be a great summary of the whole CD copy protection issue:

    said Philips speaker Klaus Petri: "those are silberscheiben with music drauf, which CDs resemble, but none are."

    Damn straight, those new copy protected CD's really are a bunch of silberscheiben with music drauf.

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    "There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
  5. Re:Google Translator... by bughunter · · Score: 5, Funny
    [To paraphrase] The company firewall thinks I'm trying to circumvent its content restrictions.

    Heh, my company contracts CSC to provide internet and intranet services, and their web filter spat the following at me when I tried to translate the tecchannel.de page:

    "The request was denied, as specified in the SmartFilter Content Filter configuration. The content category reported is sex."

    I'd say that's pretty savvy of CSC, 'cuz the article is indeed about how consumers are getting sodomized by the RIAA!

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    I can see the fnords!
  6. Re:Audio can *ALWAYS* be copied. by Fjord · · Score: 4, Funny

    You mean like this

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    -no broken link
  7. Re:It's nice to see... by michael_cain · · Score: 4, Funny

    If the producer can no longer use the "compact disk" trademark to describe their disks, do we hear commercials that sound like "Available on cassette and round silver disks that might play in your CD player"?

  8. Mmmm... Triple negatives... by dstone · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's definitely not a non-event, quite the opposite actually.

    Stated more simply:
    It's an event.