I concur with some of the above statements, I am not interested in burned(copyed) discs. How ever I am very concerned about paying a premium for a new cd with less then the best possible sound reproduction, simply because most of society has no scrupules and doesn't see it as wrong to just burn a spare copy. Would you just print a spare copy of a book? to me its the same thing. But in the digital realm from what little I know any sort of encryption would add artifacts to the sound and I find that very unacceptable- I don't have a problem buying used CD's, I average about 2 new CD's a day for the last year and change, I don't like my quality being comprimised, perhaps this time next year I will average 3 used CD's a day :o)
I do like the ideas we are sharing here, if we band together and let them know this is unacceptable and do so with our money it would make a statement. Maybe us audiophiles are a small group though we purchase a larger percentage of the market then we are- by a lot I am sure! How many nonaudiophiles do you know with more then say 100 cd's?? If these companies are about greed then money would be a way to make them open there eyes. I would also be down for a CD burning at a major function- though there aren't many up here(upstate NY). Keep the ideas flowing
