[Slight OT] TDPL in Russia

[Steven Schveighoffer]

On Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:12:37 -0400, Walter Bright  
<newshound2 at digitalmars.com> wrote:

> Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
>> On Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:58:39 -0400, Walter Bright  
>> <newshound2 at digitalmars.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
>>>> FWIW, Metallica's Garage Inc (the second disc) has some sort of  
>>>> anti-copy distortion.  You can actually see a pattern on the data  
>>>> side of the disc.  The result when you encode it via MP3 is some  
>>>> slight distortion, even at 160kb/s.  It's pretty bearable though.  I  
>>>> would expect that a bit-for-bit copy would not have any issues  
>>>> though.  It's not copy protection, it's ripping protection.
>>>
>>> Given that Metallica uses heavily distorted guitars anyway, who would  
>>> notice?
>>  You notice in the cymbals the most :)  And Ulrich uses a lot of  
>> cymbals.
>>  But you are right, the guitars aren't as noticeable (you can still  
>> hear it though).
>
>
> Back in the 80's, it wasn't unusual for a compiler vendor to release a  
> "student" version or some such, that was missing a feature like floating  
> point. The problem, though, was that the compiler would earn a  
> reputation as not having floating point and people would turn elsewhere  
> when they would want to buy a professional compiler.
>
> In introducing such subtle distortion, Metallica runs the risk of being  
> labeled a band with lousy sound.

Note that the sound is fine if you are playing the CD, it's if you rip the  
tracks to MP3s when the sound degrades.

BTW, I think they abandoned this, the Death Magnetic album does not have  
this protection.

-Steve