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- From: klui@corp.hp.com (Ken Lui)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.programmer
- Subject: Re: reading CD data
- Date: 25 Jan 1993 20:10:17 GMT
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company
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- References: <1993Jan22.195631.21751@netcom.com> <1k110hINN120@ni.umd.edu> <1993Jan25.183547.20473@netcom.com>
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- In article <1993Jan25.183547.20473@netcom.com> abell@netcom.com (Steven T. Abell) writes:
- >Yes, there are devices that output digital data, but I believe it is the
- >case that no *legal* consumer-grade devices are available that will
- >record those streams.
-
- Consumer-grade DAT decks equipped with SCMS will let the user
- record any original digital source. SCMS will prevent the user
- from making a digital copy from the first copy. The bad thing
- about SCMS is that it's indiscriminant and can't tell a CD from
- an original source.
-
-
- Ken
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