Gizmodo had an article about how to make copies of vinyl records. No, not by taping them onto cassettes, but by using common Smooth-On silicone materials:



There's also a detailed explanation of the process on another site. Naturally, I don't condone music piracy or recasting, but I just think it's amusing that someone went to the trouble to recast a vinyl record. Considering that they had to shell out $25 for the Oomoo 30 and $26 for the TASK 4 resin, it doesn't seem very cost-effective either. I'm sure they aren't getting rich selling urethane copies of Michael Jackson's "Thriller" from 1984.

Wow...Just wow...

how would one copy the second side though?

By flipping the record over, of course.

Molding both halves of the record onto one disc would be quite the challenge, though. They'd have to make two one-sided copies of the record and glue them together or something, which would make for an unappealing pirated product.

It sounds like it's more trouble than it's worth, I mean we're not talking about Burning CDs or getting MP3 or MP4 grade sound quality either, Vinyl has a somewhat limited appeal, even these days.

That's crazy funny!

Ok, I finally figured out where I saw this at before...

It was a product demo on Smooth-On's site.
http://www.smooth-on.com/gallery.php?galle...&cPath=1157