RIAA vs The Economy
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In some foreseeable future, a couple years maybe, they will release the unrippable CD. They've already given up on protecting existing CDs (redbook format), but the next gen CD and CD players will function like DVD, and have a copy-protection software-hardware component. Sure, some people will always get around it, but it will be hard enough to dissuade the average person (like Divx, etc --- easy for savvy users but your Mom isn't doing it). Then they'll drop MPAA style lawsuits on anyone trying to distribute 'hacking' decryption programs like they went after the DeCSS guys (and won). They'll grandfather in playability of old CDs, but you won't be able to rip new ones. This is probably already happening and I wouldn't be surprised if new CD players already had a chip in them that they're not telling you about. PS: I was inside the industry as an exec for +10 years.