The problem here is that not every rip of a cd will produce exactly the same .wav file. If the CD is scratched, it will still produce a .wav file, but it will differ from a non-scratched CD.

Also, from what I gather, some CD-ROM drives rip differently. Usually not audible differences, but still digitally different.

I still think the best argument I saw on this topic was to use a file in a non-tamperable format (I think WMA was mentioned.) If this was distributed by IASCA, then a checksum would be fine, as it would be on an already digital version of the music.

-Trevor

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