Klarinet Archive - Posting 000806.txt from 2000/01

From: "J. Hobby" <jhobby@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] re: CDR's pt 2
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 21:27:41 -0500

Small point of humor on the DVD copy protection: The early Sony machines
(7000 series) had two small switches on the motherboard. One switched copy
protection on/off and the other switched region codes on/off. You just need
a microscope to find them, they're so small. <g>

Jim

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>From: "Benjamin Maas" <benmaas@-----.com>
>(snip)
>As for CDs that will only play in CD players... It will be a cold day in
>hell when that happens. As for DVD audio (NOT on CDs), that is a whole
>different matter. They have held up the release of the players because one
>of the companies in the DVD-Audio Consortium came up with a better
>encryption algorithm. yes, it will probably be cracked soon by those who
>want to, but it will keep the causal pirate out of business.
(snip)

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