[BC] audio flag

[Jim Tonne]

> The radio industry has brought this on themselves with their claims that
> IBOC is CD quality.

I think it was   Ibiquity   that did it.

- JimT




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Smith W4KNX" <paul at amtower.com>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 12:25 PM
Subject: RE: [BC] audio flag


> The radio industry has brought this on themselves with their claims that
> IBOC is CD quality.
> 
> Paul Smith
> W4KNX
> Sarasota, FL
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net
> [mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net]On Behalf Of Rich Wood
> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 12:12 PM
> To: Broadcasters' Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [BC] audio flag
> 
> 
> ------ At 11:17 AM 12/11/2006, Barry Mishkind wrote: -------
> 
>>The NAB seems to have stopped attacking satellite radio long enough
>>to join the CEA and seek to block another attempt in Congress to
>>implement the "audio flag."
>>
>>What do you think?  Is this a major issue for broadcasters? Or is it
>>just a little pothole in the road to digital bliss?
> 
> I don't understand this. I can copy CDs with bit for bit accuracy
> until the laser burns a hole in the disc. Why is the RIAA so
> concerned about the copying of material sent through cascading
> codecs. Even an analog copy of a CD would produce higher quality. Any
> of us can record any digital material in analog with no real loss of
> quality. I can record any satellite channel and convert it to an MP3.
> It reminds me of the early software days when copy protection screwed
> up machines and did no more than make the software harder to use. I
> think a program called Copy2PC did a bit by bit copy and protection
> schemes were toast from then on.
> 
> I've already had false protection problems between my cable box and
> my HDTV via the DVI cable. Last time I noticed, my TV doesn't record.
> A few minutes after the flag is implemented some 12 year old will
> figure out how to defeat it. The rest of us will need PhDs to connect
> grunge-processed radio to a stereo system or iPod that will further
> degrade the quality.
> 
> I already have software that cost $9.99 that allows me to backup and
> copy everything on my iPod to any other iPod or computer.
> 
> Rich
> 
> 
> Rich Wood
> Rich Wood Multimedia
> Phone: 413-454-3258
> 
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