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From: rsilvers@palladium.UUCP (rsilvers)
Newsgroups: rec.audio,sci.electronics
Subject: Copy protection bit set on my CD player (digital out).
Message-ID: <752@palladium.UUCP>
Date: 1 Aug 89 20:12:37 GMT
Reply-To: rsilvers@palladium.UUCP (rsilvers)
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   Hi.  I just bought an NAD 5340 CD player with serial digital out.
I wanted digital out so that when I could afford a DAT unit, I could
copy my CDs.  Why would I wan't to copy my CDs you ask?  So I can make
"party" tapes of various songs, and so that I can play them in my car.
I believe that since DAT tape players are not as shock-sensitive as CD
players, they will become more popular for automotive use.

   This is my question.  It says in my documentation that the copy
protection bit is always set on my digital out, even if the CD I am 
playing does not have it set.  This is not good.  Does it seem possible
that the engineers that designed this made this defeatable?  Perhaps
there is a diode I can clip, etc.  I know of scanners that cannot
recieve cellular phone, until you clip a diode.  Any thoughts?  Maybe
the DAT recorders will have an unadvertised "feature" like this.

   The Sony-Betamax case won in court.  It allows you to make a single
copy of any copywrited material for your own use.  I do not think this
should be ignored in the DAT issue.  I am tired of advancing technology
being crippled.
						--Rob.
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Robert S. Silvers
Epoch Systems, Inc., 313 Boston Post Rd. West, Marlborough, MA 01752
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