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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. kind of silly... by edrugtrader · · Score: 1, Redundant

    his suggestion to the music industry is to make cds a couple dollars... i think the idea of 15 bundled songs is the problem. make a SONG $1... and then tell your artists to make good songs.

    riaamusic.com... sign up today and get 50 free credits when you buy 50... then log in and download any song you want for 1 credit... WHY IS THIS SO HARD FOR THEM TO GRASP?! i haven't bought a CD in yyyyyeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrsssss after all mine were stolen some time ago. i don't want to rely on the physical disc anymore, so i don't buy them. BUT if you let me download for a dollar, i WOULD. god damn this pisses me off... almost as much as copy prevention... if i can HEAR it, i can RECORD it.

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