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Dataplay Ready to Launch

Posted by michael on from the impact-crater dept.

geophile writes "Let's see. This is a CD-like, CD-incompatible storage medium with lower storage capacity than a CD; copying, which is supported by CDs and permitted by fair-use laws is not possible; and it's more expensive than a CD. Read about this great idea here." We've done a couple of stories on the Dataplay discs; this one discusses the heavy content controls built-in. MSNBC had an article on Dataplay a few weeks ago that mentions an "education process" needed to get people to re-buy all their old music in a new format.

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  1. Gee how to kill a format deader than a dodo by Moderation+abuser · · Score: 0, Redundant

    These guys are going to be a massive success.

    Yah think? Bwhahahaha.

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  2. Shortly after these are realeased.... by PimpNasty · · Score: 0, Redundant

    somebody will reverse engineer this thing and find out that they used an ogg-vorbis based codec, only changing it slightly to make it incompatible with ogg players, AND not realesing the source code for the changes. Good way to counter piracy by violating the GPL and the rights of the Ogg dev crew.

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  3. Re:Wah! I don't like it! Wah! by generic-man · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It isn't rewriteable. While I like the idea of a tiny, durable 500 MB optical disc, the article stated that you can write data to DataPlay discs but not erase them.

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