no simple answer. unusual compilations are obvious. a lot of classic rock
CDs aren't real. i have a handel messiah that swaers its real but it's
about 128kbs at best and statistically 14 bit.

brucee


On 10 December 2013 14:39, erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net> wrote:

> On Mon Dec  9 22:15:18 EST 2013, bruce.ellis@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > good to hear. all of the major brands had holograms in 1998.
>
> proper packaging includes a hologram.  but clearly as andrey points out,
> that's probablly not proof that they're not junk.
>
> > Maybe he's lucky. I have a swag of such disks and 80% are very fine
> pirates.
>
> so here's a question: was the pirating uniform?  that is, did top 100 cds
> get pirated at the same rate as say the top 20000 - the top 100?
>
> - erik
>
>