For the fact that humans are not a digital entity (yet?!), copying will allways be possible whatever format you put it in. You can not copyprotect the senses (see, hear, etc......).
If you can see it, you can copy it.
If you can hear it, you can copy it.
Wait stop the presses! Several years ago 2 guys from the Netherlands built this gadget together with 2 pieces of vinyl which had the song-position digitally encoded on vinyl. The gadget is connected with a laptop with their software on it playing the position given by the record and even decides if it is real music or the specially encoded vinyl records. So you can scratch and do all the things DJ's like doing and you get to play mp3's.
If in doubt look at: www.finalscratch.com
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For the fact that humans are not a digital entity (yet?!), copying will allways be possible whatever format you put it in. You can not copyprotect the senses (see, hear, etc......). If you can see it, you can copy it. If you can hear it, you can copy it.
Wait stop the presses! Several years ago 2 guys from the Netherlands built this gadget together with 2 pieces of vinyl which had the song-position digitally encoded on vinyl. The gadget is connected with a laptop with their software on it playing the position given by the record and even decides if it is real music or the specially encoded vinyl records. So you can scratch and do all the things DJ's like doing and you get to play mp3's. If in doubt look at: www.finalscratch.com