Re: Digital Watermarks (long, getting off-topic)

[jim bell <jimbell@pacifier.com>]

At 02:14 PM 7/24/96 +0200, Gary Howland wrote:
>Timothy C. May wrote:
> 
>> Pre-recorded DAT tapes were available for a while...they did not sell. I
>> believe this was because DAT machine purchasers were sophisticated and new
>> how to make CD-to-DAT copies, with or without SCMS.
>
>Don't forget that pre-recorded DAT tapes are at least an order of
>magnitude more expensive to manufacture than CDs. 

Isn't it odd that when music is sold, CD's are MORE expensive than cassette 
tapes, even though you _know_ that the manufacturing cost of CD's is less?

Another oddity:  The price for a blank, standard-quality videocassette is 
about the same as that of a blank, standard-quality audio cassette tape, 
despite the fact that the volume of tape included in the former is probably 
about a factor of 10 higher.

Jim Bell
jimbell@pacifier.com