Universal Music Hit with Anti-Piracy Suit

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Universal Music Hit with Anti-Piracy Suit

Posted by michael on Saturday September 28, 2002 @10:31AM from the sticky-fingers dept.

prostoalex writes "Remember Bon Jovi trying to fight piracy with individual PIN numbers that legitimate buyers could get off the CD? DownloadCard, who claims to have invented the technology, filed a lawsuit against Universal Music Group saying the music execs stole the technology and trade secrets from the company. Yahoo! Launch headline suggests that Bon Jovi album might be delayed because of the lawsuit."

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1st post by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-28 10:33 · Score: -1, Offtopic

got ya's
FIRST FISH! by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-28 10:33 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I AM A FISH!
1. Re:FIRST FISH! by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-28 10:40 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  When WILL you pass the porer circuit engineering exam? Don't pass out again!
Re:Yeah, but look on the bright side... by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-28 10:34 · Score: -1, Offtopic

you got the fp, mofo!
Might I be the first to point out by pheph · 2002-09-28 10:39 · Score: 2, Offtopic

That while this may be targetting 'the enemy', we need to consider other rammifications if this lawsuit succeeds. The 'PIN' idea seems rather, well, obvious (I'm not sure if DownloadCard was responsible for this, but Daft Punk did the same thing with their album 'Discovery'). While the DownloadCard is 'novel, original and unique' it doesn't mention that it is patented.

In the same sense, you shouldn't support the US government's attack on Microsoft just because you don't like Microsoft.
first post by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-28 10:40 · Score: -1, Offtopic

first post
Gnome sucks by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-28 10:45 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Heres the ultimate proof!
Re:OH THE IRONY!!! by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-28 10:51 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Hold up there, cowboy. Sounds like your blood pressure is getting a bit to high. Probably add a few years to your life if you'd calm down.
Re:(Meta) Pedantic, or understood? by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-28 10:58 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I'd say being pedantically correct is better.
Re:Yeah, but look on the bright side... by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-28 11:16 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Yay! That means almost any search on gnutella that doesn't have more than 6 letters will return Jon Bon Jovi hits!

Yehaw! :(
No more by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-28 11:44 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Everyday I find myself getting more and more uninterested in fiction based movies, sitcoms, reality TV shows, etc. I only use TV for news and sports. I don't listen to mainstream music anymore, I am not even planning to buy anymore DVDs. I hope everyone does like me so we can show the recording and movie industry that we are not going to take their shit anymore. Same to MS, I have completely wiped out windows from my comp and now run linux. I can do everything in linux that I did in win2k, and I will stay that way.
Re:-1, Troll? by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-28 12:27 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Actually someones just modded down like 3 of my posts (the other 2 were from articles that have already gotten like 600 posts so you'd think modding has stopped...maybe someone doesn't like me?)