[Full-Disclosure] Re: Do you really think CDs will be protected in future?

[Szilveszter Adam]

Jeroen Massar wrote:

>
> You mean Sony&Philips selling music through their music labels
> and also selling a *LOT* of CD and DVD writers ? :)

This, and more. Although, AFAIR Philips actually marketed the standalone 
"audio CD-copy" machine where you had (?) to use special "raw audio CDs" 
and these cost more... so you cannot blame them for not cashing in :-)

> And even better... you can get the blank cd's and dvd's from
> the same company who sells you the 'original' one.

Yes :-)

> Another nice trick is that here in .nl one pays a 'tax'
> that is going to the audio-rights whatever organisation.
> Thus you are actually paying the rights for the possible
> things you are recording on to it. I wonder though where
> that money goes as I never saw a euro back for all the
> picture discs, backups of my own creations etc.

Yepp. It's just that: a kind of tax. Exists here as well. You even have 
to pay it for eg CF crds or memory sticks.

Sz.