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From: yh0a+@andrew.cmu.edu (Yary Richard Phillip Hluchan)
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd,gnu.misc.discuss,rec.audio
Subject: Re: DAT copy protection
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Date: 16 Sep 89 16:50:34 GMT
Organization: Class of '91, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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>digitally.  This header will specify (among other things) whether the source
>is 1) CD, 2) copyrighted DAT, 3) non-copyrighted DAT.  It will allow limited
>copies in cases 1 and 2 (a different number, I think it was 2 and 3, but I
>don't have newsletter here) and unlimited copies in case 3).__Analog to
>digital copies will be flagged as 2), to prevent you from making unlimited
>copies of copyrighted analog material......

This means you need a pro machine to make a non-copy protected orginal. This
also means my home DAT player will think I want to copyright my daughter's
glockenshpiel recital, and won't let grandma make a copy of her tape to send to
Cousin Zeke in Duluth. I'm glad I'm a computer engineer!