A digital watermark will be included in future copyrighted CD and MP3 recordings that limits the number of times they could be copied. Portable MP3 players have been on the market for a year or two. And while the companies that make them have been sued, they've won every time they've entered the courtroom. The SDMI endorsement, however, signaled a major breakthrough for consumers. It acknowledged a technology so powerful that all the huffing and puffing of the recording industry couldn't blow this house down.
Technology is the greatest boost to spreading our faith since the foundation of the world.
It's never been as easy or affordable for you and me to share the Good News around the globe. Technology, I believe, is the tallest mountain around - and you know what Christ said about our light and mountains. We need to learn everything we can about digital recording, compress that audio into MP3s and begin putting our message out for all to hear. We at Christian Computing will be here to help you use digital recording technology. I've prepared a series of columns on digital recording that will be available starting next month.