FC: Followup to Audiophiles. RIAA, and electronic merchandisers

From: Declan McCullagh (declanat_private)
Date: Tue Dec 18 2001 - 10:44:10 PST

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    From: Sameer Parekh <sameerat_private>
    Subject: Re: FC: Audiophiles find Washington ally in electronic merchandisers
    In-Reply-To: <20011218110509.B26035at_private> from Declan McCullagh at "Dec 18, 2001 11: 5: 9 am"
    To: declanat_private
    Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 09:10:46 -0800 (PST)
    Cc: politechat_private
    
    >    Industry Association of America (RIAA), have so far blocked digital
    >    outputs on high-resolution audio players, insisted that watermarks be
    >    inserted into both high- and low-resolution audio data, and have even
    >    started to restrict consumer's fair use of compact discs and digital
    >    downloads.
    
    	When did this happen? All the digital audio gear I've ever looked at
    recently has a digital out. Who would buy a piece of digital gear without
    a digital out?
    
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