SACD-CD Hybrids -- A Way Out For Us Both?

net_shaman writes: "As reported in Stereophile Magazine online -- There appear to be some serious moves afoot by the recording industry to move en-mass to another compact audio disc format. No doubt frustrated with the utter failure of every attempt to copy protect Compact Discs. But this could be an opportunity for both better sound, strong copyright security and reasonable fair-use rights. The Hybrid Super Audio Compact Disc contains two layers of encoded information; one for standard 'Red Book' Compact Disc, and another for high resolution audio recordings (SACD). Here is a description."

"An interesting feature of the SACD layer is plenty of room for strong digital rights management code.

Here's my proposal: it should should allow artists to get paid, and the citizens to have archived and portable copies of the recording they have purchased. The record companies should produce a superior audio product and get to protect it from serial copying. The CD layer should be freely available for personal copying such as to a computer or portable digital player. These 2 basic concepts are a model that can be applied in the future, when better formats become available. It may also serve as a model for digital visual recordings. Perhaps we can get the artists, publishing companies, electronics manufacturers and the federal trade commision to all agree on this compromise: 1.The high quality recording allows only one copy of itself to be made for archival purposes. 2.The lower quality recordings are available for personal copying.

Personal digital technology has brought a tremendous change to the realtionship between media publishers & consumers. It's time for a new paridigm that will re-define that relationship for modern times."

Comments

Oh man...

[EdmondDantes]

I just realized that I couldn't care less!

haha

[GigsVT]

1.The high quality recording allows only one copy of itself to be made for archival purposes.

This is a great move. That way the only pirated copies will be crappy third generation digital copies or worse.

That's okay...

[L. VeGas]

Sharpie is simultaneously developing their Fine Point SACD Permanent Marker.

Re:uh

[EllisDees]

'Audiophiles' are hilarious. A regular old cd already produces more sound than the human ear can detect, so let's all go out and buy a new format that can produce *twice* as many sounds than the human ear can detect. Ooh!

Simple, Unbreakable Copy Protection

[KelsoLundeen]

The solution for copy protection is simple: if content creators are worried about illegal copies, then don't release anything you don't want copied.

They could say, "Well, we've got some great new CDs ready to go. But you won't hear them. Trust us, though, they're great."

This would drastically cut down on the crap that inundates the marketplace,

BTW. It would be a win-win solution for everyone: the RIAA wouldn't have to worry about a CD being copied, consumers would be saved from having to listen to crap, and there'd be less choices that pop up when I search on KazaaLite.