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jamesbaud
I found this today in Wired:

http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,...tw=wn_tophead_2

Amazing that people can get paid to do this. Not too much detail in the article or on their web site about the quality. I assume they mean CBR 224kbps. How would that compare to LAME ape?
spoon
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RipDigital marks each song with a digital watermark, which can be used to uniquely identify each client. Adams said the watermark is insurance should customers start loading songs onto file-sharing networks.


Seems that RipDigital are also acting as law enforcement too...
dreamliner77
Hmmmm, maybe i should start my own company doing that...


*watches as the flood of cd's from people with too much money on their hands comes flying in...
rocketsauce
I've been thinking for awhile about starting something like that. I live in L.A. and there's lots of lazy people here with lots of money who can afford all the toys and technology but can't be bothered to learn how to use it. smile.gif

Rob
danbee
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But RipDigital is another sign that music is steadily going digital.


Did I miss something? I thought CD's were digital...
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