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Rob Carriere writes:
 > From the latest IEEE Institute:
 > [...]
 > 2) The recorder will read the header info from any source being copied
 > digitally.  This header will specify (among other things) whether the source
 > is 1) CD, 2) copyrighted DAT, 3) non-copyrighted DAT.  It will allow limited
 > copies in cases 1 and 2 (a different number, I think it was 2 and 3, but I
 > don't have newsletter here) and unlimited copies in case 3).  Analog to
 > digital copies will be flagged as 2), to prevent you from making unlimited
 > copies of copyrighted analog material.

This raises some questions:

1) Presumably the DAT recorder will keep an internal table of (CD-ID,
   copy-count) pairs.  (Just marking copies won't work: a copy of a
   copy could be stopped, but you could still make unlimited copies of the
   original CD.)  How much memory in the DAT recorder will be devoted to
   this table?
2) How much will this affect the price of a DAT recorder?
3) What do you do when there's no more room in the table for new (CD-ID,
   copy-count) pairs?  (Buy more memory for your DAT recorder? :-| )

Also, flagging A/D copies as copyrighted DAT prevents me from making
unlimited digital copies of my own digital masters, just because my
mixer has analog outputs.  I have to buy a mixer with digital outputs,
or put an A/D converter between the mixer and the DAT recorder so my
master will be flagged as non-copyrighted DAT.  Pardon me while I throw
back my head and scream.

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