Fwd: [IMC-Tech] netMD

[Paul Riismandel]

>We talked about NetMD, which is the new computer-friendly version of MD, 
>at a tech meeting about a month ago.  More details are out, and imported 
>units from Japan are for sale.
>
>Unfortunately, the system is completely hobbled by digital rights 
>management, and therefore offers NO advantage for the kind of work IMC 
>does.  Mindisco, our blank MD supplier, offers the units for sale, but 
>responsibly also gives straightforward info about the system's disadvantages:
>
>"Does NetMD also allow uploads from MD to PC?
>Not really. You can "check in" MD tracks, but only if they originated from 
>the OpenMG Jukebox application on your computer. However, you cannot use 
>OpenMG to transfer independently recorded MD tracks to your PC."
>
>this means that you can only x-fer music files (mp3s, etc) back and forth 
>from your MD in faster than real time.  Moving a recording that originated 
>on MD to the computer happens in real-time, just like our current system 
>does now.  Yes, this sucks, and is an example why the recording industry 
>is so fucking evil.
>
>See for yourself: http://www.minidisco.com/minispecs/sonymzn1s.html
>
>--Paul
>
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