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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.
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?
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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