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From: hoptoad!gnu@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (John Gilmore)
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Subject: DAT copy protection joint R&D with BBN
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Date: 23 Apr 91 15:47:04 GMT
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EE Times of 15 April 91, page 22, describes a joint R&T project between
RIAA and BBN.  BBN expects to spend about a million dollars and come up
with some kind of "copyright protection and identification system" to
prevent unauthorized copying of recorded works using DAT recorders.
The technology will supposedly also cover any future digital recording
techniques, "such as digital compact cassette".  BBN is Bolt, Beranek &
Newman, the folks who built parts of the original Arpanet.  RIAA's "50
members account for more than 90 percent of the 'legitimate'
recordings produced and sold in the United States".

They don't mention anything about writeable CD's.

Since the Justice Dept. had to review this joint project (wonder how long
until they have to review who I go out to dinner with), there are probably
public documents available that say more about it.  Does anyone here know
more about this project?
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