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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
Personally, I can barely tell the difference between an MP3 recorded at or above 128Kbps and an LP. For those who not only can tell the difference, but are bothered by it, my only suggestion is to avoid MP3s altogether... they will never equal the quality of an LP or CD, by design. MP3 and quality should not even be in the same room together.
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Steve, the whole point I am making here was that even if one was perfectly satisfied with the listening experience of a first generation mp3, one that was made after burning an mp3 to a CD and then reripping it to an mp3 was going to be more significant. You may not be able to hear the difference but others can.
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Re the DCMA, remember that its definition of DRM is dictated by the recording industry and their rather limited definition of DRM. Just because they say monkeys are the only primates around, doesn't make it so.
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I think we are going to have to agree to disagree on this one. As far as I know you are the only person I know of who has your relatively broad concept of what DRM means. As I said earlier, I think very few, if any legitimate users would object to controls on obtaining books they had not yet purchased. But ultimately, it is the controls on how we use a book (or music or TV or whatever) after we purchase it that we object to. More specifically, its those specific attempts to curtail our use via technology that we refer to when we talk about DRM. So, I am not going to disagree with what your proposed scheme but I am not going to agree that it really constitutes DRM.
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Bill