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Copy Protection On CDs Is 'Worthless'

Posted by timothy on from the healing-the-crippled dept.

zotler writes "NewScientist.com has an article about how copy protection on audio CDs is worthless. I thought this was funny since I just read this earlier Slashdot article 'BMG copy protecting all CDs'." The article also neatly sums up the technology behind current fair-use-inhibition stratagems.

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  1. Re:Not Totally Worthless by machine+of+god · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    They don't want to face the fact that sales are down due to the fact that the music the put out is overpriced and is, for the miost part, crap.

    I'm sorry, I believe you've misspelled "moist".

  2. RW released an album- there were no more details by Graspee_Leemoor · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "And how many people ever saw ANY promotional material at all for Roger Water's "Amused to Death" when it was released"

    I saw a TV ad for it, it said:

    "Are you sick to death of 'that whiny bastard' from Pink Floyd? You know, the one who's so hung up on his father's death in WWII and keeps writing songs about it ? Do you sigh with relief that you can't hear the pathetic teen angst of 'The Wall' and 'The Final Cut' any more? If so, then 'Amused to death' is not for you ! But you know you'll buy it anyway just because you have vague good memories of a really good track Syd Barrett wrote in 1967!"

    graspee