Hi all,

Quoted from a reputable paper over the weekend.
What does anyone think??
High frequencies get removed in MP3 so modulating higher frequencies to make
the lower ones??? Or is it all BS??

Ben

[direct quote from here down]

Independant On Sunday, UK 26/8/2001
by Leo Lewis

"....
Music's 'big five' test new CDs that cannot be downloaded

British, European and American CD buyers have unwittingly become part of a
secret global experiment by the 'big five' record companies to stop people
downloading music.
The five- Sony, EMI, BMG, Warner and Universal- are said to be testing a new
technology that will make it impossible to transfer music properly from
shop-bought CD to a home computer.
The "stealth CDs" are being slipped quitely into music stores around the
world, though most of the one million secretely altered discs are though to
have landed here and on the Continent. They look and play like normal CDs
but hidden in the music is a ground-breaking piece of encryption software.
If played on standard equipment, the CD sounds normal. But if the music is
transfered to the hard disk of a computer, the quality will be so low that
the file will be unplayable. Even those who own CD-burning equipment will
find the resultant copy will sound terrible. The project has been kept under
close wraps, and one particularly guarded secret is which artists are being
targeted.
The experiment is part of the developing relationship between music
companies and the internet. Companies are eager to find ways to reverse
slumps in shop sales. Music-sharing websites such as Napster sent a chill
through the industry. Computer technology has given any PC-user the ability
to make perfect digital copes and distribute them for free around the world.
Although record companies are becoming increasinly involved with selling
music online, the new encryption technology is seen as the first serious
move the industry has made to protect its artists and their intellectual
property
..."

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