Next Restricted CD Coming Soon

jroysdon writes: "Music industry quietly unveiling copy-proof CDs - 'Gariano said the CD case would carry a copy protection sticker and an insert explaining the technology. Record stores will accept returns, even if the CD case is opened, if buyers are unhappy with it.' I say we specifically look for titles with this sticker, purchase them, give them a whirl in our PCs and see them not play, and return them. Vote with not just our money, but their overhead costs to handle all the returned merchandise and bad publicity when stores don't want CDs with those stickers." Read the article - there are some great quotes there.

Comments

Re:Just use a CD player with optical out

[JabberWokky]

doing it in real time. Glad you paid extra for that 50X speed cdrom drive?

I can download an album from Napster faster than I can rip it. And it's easier. Many of the MPSs I have correspond to CDs in my Sony disc changer - but I downloaded them off of OpenNap servers.

If it's harder to rip, people will just download the MPSs. Later, they will start to wonder why they are bothing to buy the CD, since it has basically been rendered useless.

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Evan

Re:What is wrong with this?

[kindbud]

Fair use issues aside...

The copyright fascists always start here.

They are willing to please the consumers ...

You really don't seem to understand. Customer service is a cost, not an asset. It is a drag on profit growth, not a virtue. By becoming a monopoly - or close to it - you can avoid most of the costs of customer service, because no matter how badly they are treated the customers have no where else to go. That is what all the legal aggressiveness towards the P2P services is all about. The recording industry is reaping record profits. Their financial statements filed every quarter with the SEC are the proof. No one is getting hurt but the customers and the artists, but the artists were being hurt all along, before the Internet. These are the facts. Any attempt to deal with this subject while avoiding the facts is futile, and probably dishonest too.

This is the only way ...

There are always other ways. This is another lie often repeated, but repetition creates boredom, not truth.