Sony Adds New Copyright Method to CDs in 2003

Natoi writes "Sony is leaving Mac and **nix users out in the cold with their new copyright method called Label Gate CD copyright system. You'd have to be running Windows and use a Sony developed proprietary software to listen to CD's published by Sony starting next year." This seems a little extreme to me, since sitting at the computer just to listen to music is stupid. What about car stereos and high-fidelity CD players?

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[RazzleDazzle]

sheesh. Can't you people just accept that you cannot win?? The phrase "it's too big to fail" comes to mind. We are just the little guys. They are some of the biggest most wealthy organizations in the country (the content companies like sony, universal, etc) how could we possibly make them be nice to us? Also it seems like they are in bed with microsoft so we should just quit trying to play around with this Linux thing. The experiment, while fun and interesting, is coming to an end. close up the FSF, the EFF, Open/Net/Free BSD, GNU, 2600, etc. In fact board up the internet. From now on we will have to pay to connect to SonyNet, powered by MS .NET, and brought to you by SprintNET and AT&T-NET. Don't forget to pay for your sign up fee, connection fee, useage fee, communication fee, interconnection fee, unsupported hardware fee, unsupported software fee, weekend use fee, cross country fee, intercountry fee, and buy_the_ceo_another_$12,000,000_mansion fee.

Bend over and say thank you to your wonderful fatherly corporations, bringing us all closer together like one big family. We know whats right for you and at just the right price (your credit card limit).