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SERIAL COPY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM [1 record]

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Record 1 2003-03-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audio Technology
  • Music (General)
DEF

A system implemented in many consumer digital devices in order to prohibit the unauthorized copying of digital audio at 44.1 kHz (standard CD sample rate).

OBS

With the SCMS, you can often make a digital copy of a commercial DAT [digital audio tape] or CD, but you cannot make a copy from that copy.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électroacoustique
  • Musique (Généralités)
CONT

Philips [a introduit] un système de limitation des possibilités de duplication [...] Lors de la copie originale, le SCMS introduit dans le flot des données des bits de verrouillage, inaudibles [...] qui interdisent de copier une deuxième génération.

OBS

SCMS : acronyme de serial copy management system.

Key term(s)
  • serial copy management system

Spanish

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