CDs or not? An interesting take on Key2Audio

Erik K. Veland writes "Mathew Ruben of MacOpinion has written a long article titled Celine Dion killed my iMac!. An interesting take on the whole CD-issue, the criminalization of the user and a comparison of the technology to cable box-zapping."

Comments

Machine AI

[Anonymous Coward]

Maybe this is a sign that machines have begun to think for themselves. After all, I would kill myself before I played Celine Dion, maybe the macs are doing the same thing.

Re:What's being executed?

[isorox]

It doesnt "execute" a file, the data track is just garbled.

Redbook CD standards are for non "enhanced" cd's. They dont cover cd audio (no fat) followed by data (fat), apparently.

Bluebook standards are, however, for "enhanced" cd's.

cd's like this one, are "enhanced" with a data track. However said track apprears to read, then fails, miserably.

3 things then occur:

1. drive attempts to read for ever
2. drive ejects it
3. drive dies of a heart attack and refuses to open.
   
   2 is annoying. 1 & 3 are "fatal".
   
   Sony are disributing deliberatly cripple bluebook standard cd's. They arent cd digital audio (hence no logo on them), however they are deliberatly crippled with the intent to destroy equipment. I sense a class action court case.
   
   They dont care about piracy (which this doesnt protect against), and arent interested in destroying fair use (which is unprofitable on its own). They are interested in destroying first sale rights, the same rights that allow a video store to buy 1 video and rent it out 50 times without paying any royalties.
   
   they are attempting to corner the market by eliminating competiters, because they know they are too late to enter on a level playing field.

Re:Instead of Whining about it here...

[phyxeld]

My letter:

Celine,

I recently bought your new cd.
I put it in my computer, and it never came out. I had to spend $250 to get my computer repaired. Now I hear this is because your CD contains a corrupted data track designed to keep people from copying it.

I was curious if this actually worked (it prevented me from even playing it!) so I looked online. Your album has indeed been pirated, there are mp3s of it all over the place. In fact, it was only by downloading a copy online I was even able to hear your album at all! (i'm not going to risk putting that cd back in my computer!).

I trust that you will send me the $250 that your disc cost me, plus the few cents your record company gave you from the sale of it (what do you get? like 2% of that $18?). You can paypal the money to this email address. If it would be eaiser for you to send a check, just let me know and I'll send you my address.

Sincerly,
phyxel dee.