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Digital Rights Management on CD's This Christmas?

Posted by Cliff on from the can't-play-your-new-music-presents-this-year dept.

McDrewbie asks: "Has anyone discovered that the new CD's found under the tree or in their stocking don't play on their brand new CD player? My father got a Brookstone Wafer-thin CD system and several new CD's. Most play fine, however several ones from Sony (with CDextra software on them) and from Columbia, either don't play or play with some crackling and popping, yet play fine on our older CD player. Did these companies decide to quietly unleash DRM on the public this holiday season? Or is this just a problem with the new player (separate from it not being DRM capable)? What are other Slashdot readers experiencing today?"

3 of 529 comments (clear)

  1. Re:DRM for a present by jon787 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I gave my sister coal for christmas as a joke.

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  2. Re:DRM for a present by dillon_rinker · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    No mod points, but LOL...

  3. Actually, yes, they did. Re:Let's review by mbourgon · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I'll briefly mention Windows NT SP 6, which broke Lotus Notes. I don't remember the specifics, but SP6 broke Notes' TCP/IP stack, while Outlook was unaffected. Microsoft replaced it a week or so later with SP6a, and IIRC never really mentioned why the 6a - they just pulled 6, and unless you were affected you'd never know. We got bit.

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