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"Frank Dresser" wrote:

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"Frank Dresser" wrote:

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Who can hear the content can be determined by the encoding.
People that don't have the "code" will not be able to hear it.
Codes could be built into the radios so that they can only
decipher some broadcasts similar to DVD players today or pay
radio streams on the Internet. Besides codes built into the
radios you might have to key in more codes to hear some
broadcasts or load in a deciphering program from computer to
radio similar to pay satellite TV.


Which SW broadcaster would try to limit their audience?
Certainly not the propaganda stations. Not the evangalists. Not
the conspiratorialists.

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Maybe the best thing for you to do is go stick your head back in
the sand where it will be more comfortable.

-- Telamon

OK, so tell me. Which broadcaster might require these special,
additional codes?

Would any SWL jump through the new proprietary DRM hoops? I
wouldn't. Would you? Would anyone you know?

I can¹t tell you what everyone is likely to do but I¹m sure that out of
all the SW listeners some would jump through the hoops willingly. I
can¹t believe that some people would pay for XM radio either but they
do.

You say DRM doesn't sound any better than standard SW broadcasting.
If true, DRM wouldn't present any additional benefit to either the
broadcaster or the listener. Why would a proprietary DRM system be
better than the open system?

I don¹t believe the argument that DRM can sound better than analog
using the same bandwidth.

I have listened to the recordings on the DRM site and they sure don¹t
sound better. No back ground noise sure but lots of audio artifacts
generated by the compression and playback algorithms.

Name any digital medium carrying popular content that is not controlled
in some way by codes that must be paid for in advance. I fully expect
SW radios will be controlled to hear at least some of the content as
soon as those radios are around.

The reasons for controlling who can hear SW broadcasts could be
financial or propagandist.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California