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Chapter 3
General information
Chapter 3
General information
in mobile devices (e.g. the included MP3 player) or in cars
is satisfactory.
The most common known compressed file format is „MP3“,
which offers a variety of quality levels (The principle is: the
better the format, the greater the amount of data).
Later on, other different compressed audio file formats
were developed; the second most important after „MP3“ is
the „WMA“ format. Meanwhile, there are both free of char-
ge and/or very expensive programs for almost all opera-
ting systems available on the market that can be used with
any available audio CD (or other source), to help you create
compressed music files.
Copyright information
The reproduction, duplication and copying of copyright
protected material, as well as the distribution, circulation,
public access to or even the rental of these, without explicit
authorization of the copyright holder, is strictly prohibited.
Please note:
A lot of audio CDs are copy protected to prevent cloning.
In some cases, complications could arise when converting
into a compressed music data file.
Hi-fi CD players will normally not be affected by copy pro-
tected CDs; a lot of computer drives will although refuse
playback.
The industry is tending to gradually change back to CDs
that are not copy protected, due to the many problems
that DVD players, car radios and other portable playback
units are having with this copy protection method.
This copy protection system was developed to prevent CD
cloning and circulation, which is why many record compa-
nies are trying to protect their CDs. Such trends threaten
the existence of artists, musicians and the music industry.
The development of the copy protection system has also
led to an illegal circulation of music in the form of MP3 files
via internet and online exchange.
What it comes down to, is that there are now quite a numb-
er of various internet providers on the market offering
