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Sony's New Bookshelf MP3 Player -- Audio TiVo?

Posted by timothy on from the ok-now-run-with-it dept.

Betelgeuse writes: "The NY Times has a story story about a new bookshelf MP3/CD player from Sony. Every time you play a CD, the machine automatically copies its tracks onto its built-in 20-gigabyte hard drive. It will then try to get album track information off the CD or, alternately, you can use the PC link to get titles off your favorite cddb-like site." As the article puts it, they've come up with "the world's first TiVo for radio." Long overdue -- I only wish it used a format that was closer to standard, and let you pull tracks to other media. Update: 07/11 18:17 GMT by T : Ooops -- messed up that link, now fixed.

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  1. Yes but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Will it play the copy protected CD's From Sony Music?

  2. Re:RIAA Lawsuit waiting to happen by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    If you're geek enough to have one of these, then you don't have friends anyway.

  3. Wow, I think I have one of these by Mononoke · · Score: 5, Funny
    Every time you play a CD, the machine automatically copies its tracks onto its built-in 20-gigabyte hard drive. It will then try to get album track information off the CD or, alternately, you can use the PC link to get titles off your favorite cddb-like site.
    I've got one of these. It's called a Macintosh. Does other fun things too.

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  4. Does this mean by barista · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does this mean that Sony will sue itself for creating an circumvention device?

  5. Re:RIAA Lawsuit waiting to happen by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    My friend comes over w/ her CDs and we play them in MY player, and it rips those too. Now what? I just pirated music w/o intent, but I still did 'steal' the music. Oye.

    Well son, even without "ripping" the music, you should know better than to listen to someone else's CD on your CD player. CDs are licensed for the use of the purchaser ONLY. It might seem fun and anti-establishment to "share" CDs with your friends like this, but remember, you've just commited a federal crime, and deprived a hard-working artist of their income. Without income, artists won't have food to eat, and they'll starve to death. And if you're caught stealing music, you'll be put in jail.

    Now, your little "piracy get-together" doesn't seem so much fun any more, does it?

    And take note: another way groups of teen-agers get together to steal music is at so-called Rave drug events, where unlicensed music played free for anyone who will listen. So, clearly, sharing music is usually a gateway to hard drug addiction.

    So remember, IF YOU DIDN'T PAY FOR IT, YOU CAN'T LISTEN TO IT!

    And roll up those windows when playing CDs in your car, you PIRATE!

    (note the sarcasm, I know it's hard to tell these dayz)