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NSync Copy Protected CD

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the and-close-with-a-matrix dept.

admiral2001 writes "This article from NewScientist.com details the most mass market venture into copy protected CDs. Namely, NSync's new CD will be released in a least 3 different versions (with different copy protection techniques). Also, one of the types has (small) labelling saying that the CD cannot be played on computers."

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  1. Whoa... I just noticed... by cmowire · · Score: 5, Informative

    "Both the UK and US versions will play on a Windows PC and both let a PC CD burner make a copy onto a blank CD."

    "Copying using home CD recorders is variable, with the US CD giving a "no disk" message on some recorders."

    So this is lovely! The US version is still rippable. Except on the "consumer" home CD recorders that pay the royalties to the RIAA anyways because the only thing they were usable for was copying other CDs.

    This is even more fscked than at first glance. ;)
    It's just the German version. German geeks: your mission is clear. Buy and return as many NSuck CD's as possible! ;)

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    Gentoo Sucks
  2. Canadians...? by SubtleNuance · · Score: 5, Informative

    In Canada, we collect a levy on CDR media, rigthly or wrongly this allows us the RIGHT as a citizen to make copies of any music CD for our own personal use.

    I can take YOUR NSync CD and make a copy for myself (%insert_your_own_joke_here%).

    See more about this here: http://neil.eton.ca/copylevy.shtml#copy_for_friend s

    So, does this mean that this 'version' of the NSync CD wont be sold here in Canada? Or will I have to start buying and returning CDs and showing them that their product infringes my rights as a Canadian according to the Copyright Act...

    This could be seriously fun...