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Lawsuit Challenges Copy-protected CDs

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the truth-in-advertising dept.

acer123 writes "An article states that 'The five major record companies have been hit with a class-action lawsuit charging that new CDs designed to thwart Napster-style piracy are defective and should either be barred from sale or carry warning labels.'"

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  1. ep by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    This early post for Ida! w00t. Sweden is tre cool!

  2. Re:Now where have we seen this before? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    to the troll moderator who modded this down...

    fsck U!

  3. This so-called "right" of fair use by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Fair use and space/time shifting are defenses, not rights, which is why the VCR and Rio are both legal (fair use defense) but copy-protection in general is also legal (fair use does not have to be enabled). We must be careful when we argue that record companies are infringing on fair use rights, because we don't actually have these rights. Rather, the "right to fair use" only states that fair use is legal, not that it must be enabled.