CD Copy protection trend reversal?

[Demon-Xanth]

Congress has been raising questions whether the RIAA can collect royalites in CD-r media

Phillips who holds most of the CD-DA patents is warning that copy protected disks may not be able to hold the CD logo soon and that thier next copier will defeat the copy protection and copy the disk anyways

Consumers never have liked the copy protection. As more CDs come out more consumers are going to be affected.


Is there a chance that the trend of "copy protection" will be reversed? (even though copies ARE being made)

 

[JoeyJoeJoeJoe]

I just saw a news article about record companies rethinking their stance on copy protection for music CDs. A Senator (forgot which state he's from) is going to propose a law that would make copy protection for audio CDs illegal, or something to that effect.

 

[mithrandir2001]

Of course, I've read that the RIAA considers copy protection such a holy vendetta that they'd forgo the royalty payments if it means they can keep making and selling the broken CDs.

CD copy protection is just a half-baked solution anyway. There's nothing stopping you from playing the broken CD on an audio player and resampling the analog back into pure digital sans copy protection. Sure, there would be a slight drop in quality because of the additional D->A and A->D conversions, but I don't think the 128kbps mp3 kiddies would even notice.