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From: janpo@philmds.UUCP (Jan Postma)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: CD to DAT agreement
Keywords: DAT, CD, digital audio
Message-ID: <1064@philmds.UUCP>
Date: 8 Aug 89 07:19:46 GMT
References: <752@palladium.UUCP> <1104@tukki.jyu.fi>
Reply-To: janpo@sundts.UUCP (Jan Postma)
Organization: Philips I&E DTS Eindhoven
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In article <1104@tukki.jyu.fi> makela@tukki.jyu.fi (Otto J. Makela) writes:

>I recently read that the DAT manufacturers and the audio companies had
>finally reached an agreement on making DATs which allow copying of CDs.
>The catch was, the DAT was supposed to make only one copy of each CD.

No, not quite true. A DAT recorder can infinitely copy the same CD BUT it
can not copy such a digital copy to another DAT recorder. So home taping
and making a few copies for friends will still be possible. Making lots of
copies for illegal commercial purposes has become inattractive though.

An recording on a DAT from an analog source can be digitally copied twice,
i.e. a digital copy of a digital copy of an analog recording on a DAT is
possible, any further digital copying of this third generation is not.
Professional machines for recording purposes in studios will not have this
restriction.

Jan Postma  janpo@dts.philips.nl