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CD Copy Protection Case Goes to Court
grungie writes "From The Register: Belgian consumer watchdog Test-Achats (Test Aankoop), known for its crusade against Nokia's "unsafe batteries", starts the new year with a fresh assault on the music industry. It is taking the music giants EMI, Sony, BMG Music and Universal Music to court for installing anti-piracy systems on their audio CDs. This is excellent news! I was less than happy when I had to use cdparanoia to add The Foo Fighters' latest to my iTunes collection. I used to live in Belgium: Test Achat is serious about the protection of consumer rights. Let's hope other countries follow suit." You can read the stories in French as well as Dutch.
It is taking the music giants EMI, Sony, BMG Music and Universal Music to court for installing anti-piracy systems on their audio CDs.
Most of these are american institutions of music for young and old. How can a european country dare to take them to court? Don't they have love for good music in their hearts? What is this world going to? What about the poor artists who are trying to make a few dimes for a living. Michael Jackson has to molest children now because he can't afford hookers anymore and Britney Spear wardrobe is practically non-existant since she grows older and older.
This is a sad day for the american economy.
Your purchase of music released on a label affiliated with the RIAA indirectly supports these efforts which most of you agree is capricious, unfair, predatory and illegal.
You must be new around here. On odd days, we all agree that the MPAA and RIAA are evil, obsolete business models, etc etc, and must die. On even days, we salivate over the next in the Matrix or LoTR (or whatever) franchise.
Don't worry, you'll get used to it.
That's not copy protection. The mac just committed suicide after being forced to play Celine Dion :-)
"'I pass the test,' she said. 'I will diminish, and go into the West, and remain Galadriel.'"
- JRR Tolkien.
They could write "slave" on their cheek during live performances and change their names to symbols. I hear that worked once.
Why use cdparanoia when you can just go online and download it from your favorite P2P service? :)
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