That would require a firmware change to the CD-ROM drive. Their technique is
quite clever -- they're inserting CRC errors deliberately, which the
CD-ROM units will fix when the data is copied, rendering the copy
inaccurate and unusable.
The industry goal is to move the cost of cloning up, not stop it entirely.
SDMI isn't going to stop skilled computer users from copying digital music
or breaking the protection scheme -- its just going to make sure that the
number of people (in the West) doing so is a small number. That's why "pro"
gear isn't subject to SCMS -- if you're willing to drop $3K on a MD recorder,
raw technique isn't going to be able to stop you from making a copy.
On Tue, 24 Aug 1999 16:05:00 +1200, Sendmail channeled Mark Derricutt saying:
> I'd give it 3-4 days max before it's cracked.....
| Kenton A. Hoover | [EMAIL PROTECTED] |
| Private Citizen | |
| San Francisco, California | |
|===================== http://www.shockwave.org/~shibumi ====================|
| Ah, that old collective guilt. Us melanin-deficient Americans |
| must accept responsibility for what our forebears did to |
| African-Americans. Well, speak for yourself, cracker! While |
| your distant kin were doing their inbred thing in the Ozarks, |
| mine were being chased by Cossacks. |
| -- Don Feder speaking about Clinton's apology for |
| slavery during his 1998 Africa tour |
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