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Music Industry Unveils New Piracy-Proof Format: A Black, Plastic Disc With Grooves On It

Music bosses have unveiled a revolutionary new recording format that they hope will help win the war on illegal file sharing which is thought to be costing

Music bosses have unveiled a revolutionary new recording format that they hope will help win the war on illegal file sharing which is thought to be costing the industry millions of dollars in lost revenue.

Nicknamed the “Record,” the new format takes the form of a black, vinyl disc measuring 12 inches in diameter, which must be played on a specially designed “turntable.”

“We can state with absolute certainty that no computer in the world can access the data on this disc,” said spokesman Brett Campbell. MORE…

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