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Apple (R)ejects Copy Protection

Posted by pudge on from the heh-heh-heh dept.

Frogbeater writes "Apple keeps on keeping on with the anti-copy protection crowd by using their technical info database as a platform for denouncing the artists who are getting on the bandwagon." I like this line from the technote: You may be unable to eject certain copy-protected audio discs, which resemble Compact Discs (CD) but technically are not. Indeed.

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  1. TiBook CD/DVD eject issue by ubiquitin · · Score: 4, Informative

    So that's why those CD's weren't ejecting! ;) For the uninitiated, shift-Command-1 on Macs does a force media eject.

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    http://tinyurl.com/4ny52
  2. Danger Will Robinson... by h0tblack · · Score: 4, Informative

    ...using come copy-protected cd's in the new flat-panel iMacs can be a VERY expensive mistake. Certain cd's cause the cd drive to jam and then the machine refuses to reboot. This means you have to take it to an Apple Dealer (or do it yourself it you know what your doing) to take the thing apart and manually wind the eject cogs. Seems there's no option for the good old fashioned paper-clip trick with these drives.
    More details here:
    http://uk.eurorights.org/issues/cd/docs/cel dion.sh tml

  3. Re:Go Apple! by davecl · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This isn't all a good thing. If you read to the end of the apple support page, you find the sting in the tail. Since these are not legally CDs, trying to play one in your Mac constitutes improper use. This menas you get to void your warranty and have to pay any repair charges.

    Now this is partly apple covering their backside, which is not unreasonable, but it could all get very interesting if someone with a significant repair bill and a lot of annoyance starts firing lawyers from the hip to get someone else to pay. Who will they go for - the record company, the people who devised this particular anti-computer scheme, the artists...

    And more importantly, would they have a case???

  4. Ironic by dumbArtMajor · · Score: 5, Funny

    The following discs are known to use the copy protection:
    Shakira: "Laundry Service"
    Jennifer Lopez: "J To Tha L-O!"
    Celine Dion: "A New Day Has Come"

    "These people resemble musicians but technically are not."