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When Copy Protection Fails
StArSkY writes "The Age in Australia has an article today explaining the experiences of a Melbourne guy who purchased the Norah Jones CD tht is 'copy protected.' Unfortunately the only way he could listen to the CD on Apple computers or Intel computers running XP was to copy the CD. This sort of defeats the purpose of the copy protection in the first place. Serious yet amusing at the same time."
When does he get out of jail?
I had to do a double-take on reading the name of that organisation. Needless to say I was greatly disappointed when I reread it. That h just looks so similiar to an r.
I had my credit card out to join and everything.
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Eventually they'll resort to shipping blank CDs to thwart copying, and expect you to just stare at the pretty CD jacket while pretending you're listening to it...
Bought a copy protected CD, which was from EMI. Couldn't listen to it so I made a copy for myself. Then I mailed the original CD back to EMI with note saying what I had to do just to listen the CD and here's the original back, I won't need it, my 20 euros for fighting piracy.
Just wait until DRM gets widely established. Nothing new will work in old hardware.
You'll have to buy everything all over again.
Those music disks are not 'copy protected', they are 'playback crippled'
I call them 'listening protected'
how did he manage to make a copy?
Bah, that's easy...
tweezers, a really small magnet, and lots of time are all you need...
> My Warcraft III EULA (and I'm sure others -- that was just a random selection from my game collection) explicitly states that I have the right to make one backup copy.
Does it say how many copies you can make of the backup copy?
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
Probably said already, but I don't have time to read all the comments:
Get with it guys, dust off the old record player and buy your new stuff on vinyl! Works for me, except I need a clean-room to store my music collection. Oh yeah, and it weighs about a ton.
Smokey, this is not 'Nam, this is bowling. There are rules.
Damn right! How dare they stop you from being a CD??? Insensitive clods! But they need never find out - all you need to do is kinda curl up into a circle and sandwich yourself in plastic ... all in the privacy of your own home ...
... or did you mean "buying"?? ;)
Before being allowed to purchase a CD you will have to have your house RIAA DRM certified. RIAA operatives will removed from your house any equipment that could possibly be used to infringe upon their artists copyrights. Illegal items include, CD duplicators, PCs, Tape recorders, Video Recorders, wax disks, loudspeakers (you NOT your neighbours have bought the right to enjoy our music). Music shall be listened to through a single (approved) mono-earpiece (some listeners with stereo ear-pieces have abused the priviliedge and let others 'sample' the music using the spare ear bud).
After your music purchase an RIAA representative (probably a student trying to pay off $97 trillion) will sit with you at all times to ensure your compliance with our terms and conditions.
"We hope you enjoy your music purchase and continue to support your record industry"
p.s. Squeal little piggy!
But far, far worse than any of those crimes....
I'm a girl too! See naked chicks in my journal!
Didn't most of the population of Australia end up there becuase of doing more than 3 months jail time?
My girlfriend (yes I have one!!)
No one likes a gloater.
How if you want to have fun when entering Australian customs, if they ask if you are a convicted felon, asnwer "Oh, is that still a requirement?". But be ready for no sense of humor and a quick return flight.
Remember, it's an ollllld joke.
Infuriate left and right
Kazaa is for spying on you, ripping off personal details about you and your system and stealing your computer cycles and Internet bandwidth.
Do some reasearch on the web and get the hell off of Kazaa!
I first read this as "creative director of the Richard Simmons group". Oh my.
- First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then ???, then profit.
Rephrase... "Living in a country founded by criminals is a lot more fun than one run by criminals" ;)
-T, from Enronimerica
Buy a CD player.