Interestingly, I'm already using the High Criteria product to capture to
.wav audio from external sources.  Windows95 did not give me that capability.

When I convert the .wav to G2 format, I can tell the RealAudio utility to
flag the file to prevent the user from recording the streaming audio.  It
appears that this is done by busying out the sound recorder driver in the
client. I'm sure this can be somehow defeated. RealServer protects the file
on the webserver by using an indirect link.  the .ram metafile is what you
imbed in the html.  It contains the real location of the audio file (.ra)
which is processed by Realserver.  The .ra file can be placed in a directory
that is available to the RealServer but not directly to the webserver or
FTP.

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>"Sohrt, Jeff" wrote:
>> As for a picture, I thought maybe if it was fed into a streaming video
>> device, might make it more difficult to capture, but I suppose you could
>> still hit print-screen and capture a snippet of the video.
>
>For sound streams at least, there are products that intercept the sound
>as it
>is being sent to the sound card.  See Total Recorder at:
>
>        http://www.highcriteria.com/
>
>So no matter what fancy SDMI etc schemes the RIAA comes up with, the sound
>can
>be captured in an unsecured format if it can be played on your PC even
with
>a
>secure player.
>
>Admit it, RIAA, you've lost, and it's time to revamp your current pricing
>and
>distribution models.
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