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The Internet Audio Dilemma
Jon Iverson  |  Jul 29, 2001  |  0 comments
News last week about SafeAudio CD copy protection indicates that while fighting pirates, the major record labels are also attempting to seal off the ability of users to place their own music from CDs onto computers. If they succeed, the only alternative for consumers who want non-pirated music on their desktops will be to buy content directly from the labels themselves, or companies set up to legally supply digital audio.
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Satellite Radio About to Make Big Noise
Jon Iverson  |  Jul 29, 2001  |  0 comments
If you haven't seen much in the mainstream press about the new satellite radio services from XM and Sirius, both poised to launch before the end of the year, you soon will. First out of the chute with the big media bucks, XM Satellite Radio unveiled last week its national advertising campaign called "Radio to the Power of X."
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ContentGuard Wins Patent
Barry Willis  |  Jul 29, 2001  |  0 comments
A "digital rights management" (DRM) company has been awarded a patent for its "tickets" to Internet-based entertainment. Bethesda, MD–based ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. announced July 27 that it has been granted a patent for its "digital ticket" system, which allows users access to digital entertainment—music, video, graphics, and e-books—from any Internet-connected device.
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Added to the Archives This Week
Stereophile Staff  |  Jul 29, 2001  |  0 comments
Larry Greenhill says he'll never forget his first encounter with the Krell LAT-1 loudspeaker at a meeting of the Westchester Audiophile Society. Suitably impressed, Greenhill reports, "I'd been bitten. I made arrangements to continue the audition in my own listening room." His complete analysis awaits.
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Sharp Announces New "One-Bit" Amps
Barry Willis  |  Jul 29, 2001  |  0 comments
Sharp Electronics has announced a new lineup of "one-bit" digital amplifiers that may herald a new generation of audio products.
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What do you think about CDs being secretly distorted with SafeAudio to prevent copying?
Stereophile Staff  |  Jul 23, 2001  |  204 comments

The public learned last week that some regular CDs are now secretly being copy-protected (see this week's audio news). Is this an issue for you?

What do you think about CDs being secretly distorted with SafeAudio to prevent copying?
Don't care
6% (26 votes)
Slightly annoyed
5% (21 votes)
Don't like the idea
22% (102 votes)
Boycott labels that do it!
67% (306 votes)
Total votes: 455
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Copy-Protecting CDs Begins
Jon Iverson  |  Jul 22, 2001  |  0 comments
In what is intended to have the biggest impact yet on the thriving "rip, mix, burn" lifestyle, Macrovision has revealed that several record labels have been secretly putting its copy protection system onto new CD releases since around March of this year (see previous report). The process, called SafeAudio, is a Macrovision registered trademark and is intended to prevent the copying of CDs, or tracks from CDs, onto CD-R discs and computer hard drives. The technology was developed jointly by Macrovision and TTR Technologies.
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Arista Records Faces Tough Sledding in Davis's Absence
Barry Willis  |  Jul 22, 2001  |  0 comments
One of the most astute bits of folk wisdom is the old saying "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
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Heart Attack Claims Harvey "Gizmo" Rosenberg
Barry Willis  |  Jul 22, 2001  |  0 comments
We were saddened to learn of the death of audio guru Harvey "Gizmo" Rosenberg, who died Monday, July 16 of an apparent heart attack. He was 59.
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Numbers Up for Harvey, Tweeter; Good Guys Stagnant
Stereophile Staff  |  Jul 22, 2001  |  0 comments
The year has been a good one so far for New York's Harvey Electronics and for national electronics retailer the Tweeter Group. The news isn't so rosy for West Coast chain the Good Guys.
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