Even without the auto executing program the disc is still hard to copy. All the programs I tried CDEx EAC and ISO Buster all see the tracks as data and refuse to read them.
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I have a pre release disc and am trying the method you describe.
I can rip the first track OK, but EAC refuses to read the rest and claims they are data tracks.
I have tested the XCP2 copy protection system on a pre release disc. It will play on CD and DVD players. But it won't work on Macs or under Linux.
When you play it on a computer or DVD player you are not listening to the CD content but rather low bitrate DRM files squeezed into a 80 mb partition.
The effect of this is twofold.
1) The sound quality is crappy. 2) There is less space on the rest of the disc for the real music (only about 60 minutes!)
I will *never* buy an XCP2 disc. It installs software automatically when it is inserted into a windows computer. There is no 'OK' or 'I agree' button. It just does it without telling the user, I doubt these discs are legal and I can smell a lawsuit coming if they actually try and sell these trojan ridden discs.
" AC3 specs are now free as they are part of the DTV system in the US."
AC3 is Dolby not DTS.
However the DTS spec is available too, that is how the VLC guys reversed engineered it (albeit poorly). It is still patented therefore illegal to distribute decoders without a license.
The DTS patents are both specific and non-trivial. Not like the bogus software patents about single click shopping, double clicking icons etc etc.
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I'm just surprised DTS would even bother. After all, if your decoding capabilities are built-in to the most commonly used players, wouldn't that give prospective clients more incentive to use DTS? *shrug*
No, because DTS sells decoding licenses on a per unit basis. If they stand by and let VLC use it for free, then the big boys like Sony and Pioneer will see no reason to pay for their license either.
It's not about competing with OSS. It's about protecting their revenue because they make money on the decoders... not the content.
You can insist that they were Taliban soldiers, but the Taliban fought for al Queda, so they are one in the same.
This shows your ignorance right here.
There will always be pockets of terrorists fighting for al Quedas and Palestine's cause.
The war with Afghanistan is over. POWs from that war with the Taliban either have to be tried for war crimes or released. Holding them forever without access to a lawyer, without even telling them what they are accused of is illegal, amoral and inhuman.
Last I heard Al Queda has not Surrendered. So what we are doing is perfectly legal.
Please prove that all prisoners currently held in Guantanamo Bay are members of Al Queda.
Also, presumably since the US of A also has a "War on Drugs", suspected drug dealers and pot smokers can be held without charge indefinitely until all illegal drugs are gone too???
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The only difference between Kelvin and Centigrade is the reference point of 0. 0 K is absolute zero. 0 C is the temperature that water freezes at.
A difference of 1K or 1C from any arbitrary temperature is exactly the same.
Yes there have been bad atheists.
But they were not acting 'in the name of atheism'. These religious fanatics are doing what they are doing *because* of religion.
You can never be too careful, when I was in school in california I once asked the teacher for a rubber (eraser). She thought I wanted a condom.
Bonnet means hood for all you Americans.
So where are all these great up and coming artists bypassing the cartel and making their works available for free?
All of the legal free music downloads I have heard are shit. If they were any good they could get a recording contract and actually earn money.
Even without the auto executing program the disc is still hard to copy. All the programs I tried CDEx EAC and ISO Buster all see the tracks as data and refuse to read them.
I have a pre release disc and am trying the method you describe.
I can rip the first track OK, but EAC refuses to read the rest and claims they are data tracks.
Any ideas? Thanks
Disable autorun - problem solved!
I have tested the XCP2 copy protection system on a pre release disc. It will play on CD and DVD players. But it won't work on Macs or under Linux.
When you play it on a computer or DVD player you are not listening to the CD content but rather low bitrate DRM files squeezed into a 80 mb partition.
The effect of this is twofold.
1) The sound quality is crappy.
2) There is less space on the rest of the disc for the real music (only about 60 minutes!)
I will *never* buy an XCP2 disc. It installs software automatically when it is inserted into a windows computer. There is no 'OK' or 'I agree' button. It just does it without telling the user, I doubt these discs are legal and I can smell a lawsuit coming if they actually try and sell these trojan ridden discs.
Yes he does, and I own a hair dryer!
Maybe it is just people who respond to email surveys that have 10 points lower IQ.
A bit like people who post on slashdot.
AC3 is Dolby not DTS.
However the DTS spec is available too, that is how the VLC guys reversed engineered it (albeit poorly). It is still patented therefore illegal to distribute decoders without a license.
The DTS patents are both specific and non-trivial. Not like the bogus software patents about single click shopping, double clicking icons etc etc.
No, because DTS sells decoding licenses on a per unit basis. If they stand by and let VLC use it for free, then the big boys like Sony and Pioneer will see no reason to pay for their license either.
It's not about competing with OSS. It's about protecting their revenue because they make money on the decoders... not the content.
Yes it does. It can also block java and other third party plugins.
That's why I use adblock.
This shows your ignorance right here.
There will always be pockets of terrorists fighting for al Quedas and Palestine's cause.
The war with Afghanistan is over. POWs from that war with the Taliban either have to be tried for war crimes or released. Holding them forever without access to a lawyer, without even telling them what they are accused of is illegal, amoral and inhuman.
Please prove that all prisoners currently held in Guantanamo Bay are members of Al Queda.
Also, presumably since the US of A also has a "War on Drugs", suspected drug dealers and pot smokers can be held without charge indefinitely until all illegal drugs are gone too???
That would not work with bittorrent.
Once you are associated with the tracker your IP address is visible to everyone in the swarm.
All the *IAA has to do is pretend to be a user, connect to your client, and decrypt data received from *YOUR* IP address and it's game over....
Ooops, I mean't elitetorrents.org...
Not true at all. In order of goodness:
1) puretna.com
2) torrentbits2.org
3) elitetorrents.net
4) and pleasure-torrent.com
All have lots of up to date high quality free porn movies :)
And those are just the ones I know of. Well I am just an average internet porn freak.
Here in the UK we get ripped off. We live on a small densly populated island, (compared to the US) yet we pay 10p (~$0.20) per text message.
There is obvious price fixing in the market and it pisses me off.
20 cents for a 300 character message is taking the piss.
And what if javascript is turned off for security reasons?
And how do you account for sales from people who return a few days later... or for people who disable cookies etc etc.
Your idea will probably undervalue the price of a click for potential advertisers.
Actually DVDShrink can do both.
It's not illegal in free countries.