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Universal to Copyprotect All CDs
angkor wrote in with a link to a story about how Universal Plans to
copyprotect all CDs which
will render them unplayable on Macs, DVD Players, PS2s, and some CD Players.
And it won't even stop people from ripping MP3s I bet.
Some blame the sour economy. Others point to lackluster sales of hotly anticipated new releases from artists like Mariah Carey and Macy Gray, and the glut of look-alike, sound-alike boy bands.
Why don't they just do what every other failure in the past 3 months has done and blame "the tragic events of 9/11"?
Unfortunately, phenomenon like Napster and the ease of `ripping and burning' are causing artists and record companies real harm...
Will someone please show this lady an episode of MTV Cribs?
Yes. You'd better go hide.
You're the one putting the audio-out/soundcard-in 'ripped' MP3s out on the shared services that sound like they passed through 70 feet of old phone cable. The ones with the level screwed up and that annoying 60 herz humm.
I'd recommend you hide and not reveal your identity to the other people on your peer-to-peer network of choice. They're sick of your crap files.
ion. I used the plural "mirrors" to indicate that but I guess additional clarification was needed. Yes, I know CDs dangling from the inside mirror are dangerous and illegal. A friend of mine got an "obstructed view" ticket for his fuzzy dice. It was thrown out after he showed the judge 18 Polaroids of larger decorations hanging inside the city's cop cars.
The copyright protection schemes generally introduce "noise" into the recording
Gee, wasn't one of the reasons that CD was pushed over vinyl was "superior audio quality" and "less noise"?
Oh well...
Fascism starts when the efficiency of the government becomes more important than the rights of the people.
I first went to Fatchucks to see which cd's are currently being copy protected.....
I then hopped on Morpheus (musiccity.com) and typed in the name of the album that was copy protected....
guess what?!
All the ones that I tried are there. So what does that tell you Mr. RIAA....?
www.slightlycrewed.com - Because aren't we all?
As my dad used to say, "A laser is just a laser".
... [ZOT!] [pffft] [sizzle] [thump]"
"Used" to say? As in famous last words?
Dad: "It's perfectly safe, son -- a laser is just a laser and
Son: "Dad?"
GfK found that blank CD sales jumped 129 percent this year. Purchases of pre-recorded music dropped 2.2 percent in the same period.
129% of blank CD's = 2.2% of music CD sales. With some basic math we therefore conclude an additional 2560% rise in blank CD sales will reduce music CD sales to ZERO. COOL! If we really want to wipe out the RIAA, all we have to do is all go out and buy a buttload of blank CD's!
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- - You can't take something off the Internet! That's like trying to take pee out of a swimming pool.
>I have the paperwork in front of me to take Universal Records to small
>claims court to recover the purchase price of the CD. Since Universal
>is not based in my area, it will be very expensive for them to send
>their high-priced lawyers to my county to deal with the charges. And,
>worst case, I will lose the cost of the CD (and best case, I will get
>a refund on the CD and make a political statement at the
>same time).
If you're going to do that, be sure to sue the CEO and/or board of
directors, not the company itself. If you sue the
company, they'll send some low-paid flack down to represent them. If
you name the individuals though, they'll have to come down
themselves.
Much more annoying.
(ObAttribution: Harlan Ellison in An Edge In My Voice. Hey,
Ellison is a master at this sort of thing.)
If the CD player is able to error-correct these discs, and the CD player has a digital output, then the user has an error-free digital stream.
ARREST THIS MAN!!! He is circumventing an encrypted CD, in violation of the DMCA!
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1. Buy the CD.
2. Take it home and burn two copies. (Three if you want to keep a copy)
3. Return the original CD. Remember, they HAVE to take it back.
4. Mail one burned CD to Hilary Rosen, and one to the head of Universal. Attach notes saying, "Still burnable. Try again."
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