FW: Bad news for audio pirates

[dkl37@xxxxxxxx]

This is from another list group. I found it to be quite
humorous.												
Best, Dale


> RIAA BREAKTHROUGH
> 
> 
> Music Industry Unveils New Piracy-Proof Format: A Black, Plastic Disc 
> With Grooves On It
> 
> Music bosses have unveiled a revolutionary new recording format that 
> they hope will help win the war on illegal file sharing, which is 
> thought to be costing the industry millions of dollars in lost 
> revenue.
> 
> Nicknamed the 'Record,' the new format takes the form of a black, 
> vinyl disc measuring 12 inches in diameter, which must be played on a 
> specially designed turntable.
> 
> "We can state with absolute certainty that no computer in the world 
> can access the data on this disc," said spokesman Brett Campbell. "We 
> are also confident that no-one is going to be able to produce pirate 
> copies in this format without going to a heck of a lot of trouble. 
> This is without doubt the best anti-piracy invention the music 
> industry has ever seen."
> 
> As part of the invention's rigorous testing process,the designers gave

> some discs to a group of teenage computer experts who regularly use 
> file-swapping software such as Limewire and gnutella and who admit to 
> pirating music CDs.
> 
> Despite several days of trying, none of them were able to hack into 
> the disc's code or access any of the music files contained within it.
> 
> "It's like, really big and stuff," said Doug Flamboise, one of the 
> testers.
> 
> "I couldn't get it into any of my drives. I mean, what format is it? 
> Is it, like, from France or something?"
> 
> 
> Invention: Teenage computer hackers struggled to access the new disc.
> 
> In the new format, raw audio data in the form of music is encoded by 
> physically etching grooves onto the vinyl disc. The sound is thus 
> translated into variations on the disc's surface in a process that 
> industry insiders are describing as 'completely revolutionary' and 
> 'stunningly clever.'
> 
> To decode the data stored on the disc, the listener must use a special

> player which contains a 'needle' that runs along the grooves on the 
> record surface, reading the indentations and transforming the 
> movements back into audio that can be fed through loudspeakers.
> 
> Even Shawn Fanning, the man who invented Napster, admits the new 
> format will make file swapping much more difficult. "I've never seen 
> anything like this," he told reporters. "How does it work?"
> 
> 
> Pirates: Their days are numbered.
> 
> As rumours that a Taiwanese company has been secretly developing a 12 
> inch wide, turntable-driven, needle-based, firewire drive remain 
> unconfirmed, it would appear that the music industry may, at last, 
> have found the pirate-proof format it has long been searching for.





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