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From: jondr@sco.COM (Desi The Three-Armed Wonder Comic)
Subject: Re: alternative digital
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Organization: The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1992 22:26:50 GMT
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I am not eric.walker@channel1.com (Eric Walker).  I didn't say:
>     Since bootleg CDs are now appearing regularly in underground music
>     shops, that means SOMEONE has access to CD-recording facilities...

Anybody with $ can make a CD.  It isn't even slightly difficult.  (Well,
dealing with CD pressing plants can be stressful, and getting stuff back ON
TIME is almost impossible unless you're a major label, but...)

Anyway, if somebody really wants to make a bootleg CD, all they need is a
DAT machine.  You make your DAT, send it to a CD mastering facility, get the
digital umatic tape made, send that to the plant along with several thousand
bucks, and after a completely random amount of time (4 weeks to 4 months
depending on how many orders for Guns'n'Roses CDs are ahead of yours in the
queue) you get back many CDs.  If you want to pay a little more money, you
can even have them individually packaged and shrink wrapped.  (Ever
assembled 1000 CDs?  It's *fun*.  (heavy heavy sarcasm)).

This whole idea of CDs being the elite recording medium is a total sham
played up by the rekkid companies so they can charge $16 for a domestic disc
and not have riots breaking out.

Oh yeah - CDs cost about $3/each to make.  That includes the artwork and
jewel box.

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Jon Drukman (God's personal DJ)                 uunet!sco!jondr   jondr@sco.com
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