No more music CDs without copy protection

Since magnetic tape became available, each generation has copied music. Audiophiles made the best copies possible and played them back on nice equipment. To casual listeners (most), a well made tape sounded just-like-the-record. The ease of a digital copy does complicate matters for the music industry. BMG's approach complicates the basic search for a clean source and should be discouraged. I am tormented by the basic audio problems and dont need another variable.
M.Gomez
Reno, Nevada

Hoarder alert! Sounds like soon we'll have the pleasure of distinguishing pre- and post-protection CD's on the used market.

I'll betcha that once the protected kind are unmasked as inferior for high rez playback BMG will offer "approved" unprotected ones for a coupla bucks extra. You heard it here first :^)

What ever happened with the Phillip's (the holder of the CD patent) decree? Last year, they stated that watermarked (copy protected) CD's could no longer use the term "CD" or "compact disc", due to non-standardization, and reduced audio quality.

Kinsekd--I'm here on Capitol Hill, and I might be able to generate some publicity here in Washington, if enough of us are willing to do something dramatic, as you proposed.

Another good reason to buy used CDs.
My purchase of new CDs will go DOWN, not UP because of this.