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Beastie Boys' New Album Silently Installs DRM Code
nfsilkey writes "After more than five years, the Beastie Boys have released a new album. It seems that the retail disc is bundled with a copy protection autoinstaller which silently silently puts itself onto the listener's computer. Many listeners are up in arms and some are venting their frustrations on the band's website."
Not my version of the album....
If the Beastie Boys like DRM, I like it too!
Your freedom and your privacy are what I expect!
What about fighting for your right to party??? Music makes the party. They are selling out these days.
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I didn't notice anything wrong with the version that I downloaded off the newsgroups.
Yo Bender wanna make some noise
Get your harddrive scratched by the Beastie Boys!
I suffer from attention surplus disorder.
That a band with a name like Beastie Boys would do something so beastie to your computer
I'm sure the RIAA said it was OK. Get over it. Besides, I sure if you gave the Hon. Senator Orrin Hatch a call he would help clarify the importance of the issue. You'd just have to get past the "Beastie who??" questions first...
for your right!
to partty!
without your computer being trojaned by the FskIng MUSIC CD!@#
Well, someone had to come up with a "it's part of their plan" post.
Sabotage (Ill Communication)
I Can't Stand It I Know You Planned It
I'm Gonna Set It Straight, This Watergate
I Can't Stand Rocking When I'm In Here
Because Your Crystal Ball Ain't So Crystal Clear
So While You Sit Back and Wonder Why
I Got This Fucking Thorn In My Side
Oh My, It's A Mirage
I'm Tellin' Y'all It's Sabotage
So Listen Up 'Cause You Can't Say Nothin'
You'll Shut Me Down With A Push Of Your Button?
But Yo I'm Out And I'm Gone
I'll Tell You Now I Keep It On And On
'Cause What You See You Might Not Get
And We Can Bet So Don't You Get Souped Yet
You're Scheming On A Thing That's A Mirage
I'm Trying To Tell You Now It's Sabotage
Whyyy; Our Backs Are Now Against The Wall
Listen All Of Y'all It's A Sabotage
Listen All Of Y'all It's A Sabotage
Listen All Of Y'all It's A Sabotage
Listen All Of Y'all It's A Sabotage
I Can't Stand It, I Know You Planned It
But I'm Gonna Set It Straight This Watergate
But I Can't Stand Rockin' When I'm In This Place
Because I Feel Disgrace Because You're All In My Face
But Make No Mistakes And Switch Up My Channel
I'm Buddy Rich When I Fly Off The Handle
What Could It Be, It's A Mirage
You're Scheming On A Thing - That's Sabotage
Comparing it to Windows will be a moot point, since El Dorado is going to have a 40% larger code base than XP.
n/t, bitches.
You gotta fight for your right to copy!
Wasn't there an article many months (years?) ago about how to circumvent this kind of thing by holding "shift" as you insert the disc? Yes, that's a Windows-only solution, but I don't see this kind of problem affecting Macs or Linux machines.
Wait, is mentioning that little workaround considered a DMCA violation?
STOP MISUSING APOSTROPHES, YOU MORONS!!!
Tell that to gator.... I mean the perfectly above board very helpful Claria Corporation
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Agreed. And to show my disgust, I'm going to NOT buy their album. Twice.
We'll see who's laughing then!
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memepool article, complete with link to security focus memo.
I don't think I'll ch-ch-ch-check...check it out! Cause DRM's what it's all about!
Don't be silly. It's only a virus when it's not made by a company.
Is my understanding right that it is only a Windows program? I use both MacOS and several Linux distros and I am exteremly offended they didn't make it compatible with the platforms I feel comfortable using!
Creative Demolition
This is just another example of why Linux is not ready for the desktop. I should be able to buy this CD and put it in my Linux box and NOT be able to rip it just like on Windows. Until Linux can run all of my important software (DRM controls, Kazaa, Gator, Sobig virus, and various spyware), I'll just stick with windows.
Seriously, this is just stupid. I would guess that most pirated MP3s that are being shared out there have been downloaded from someone else, not ripped from the original CD. So it really only takes a few people with either a linux box or enough sense to turn of autorun on their CD drive to be able to spread pirated MP3s all over the world. This can't possibly stop anything and will likely piss off the people that are supposed to be customers.
I want to show my rage and boycott this CD. Problem is, the Beastie Boys are a shallow, washed-up mockery of what they used to be and I wasn't going to buy this piece of crap anyway. What do I do?
Record exec: We decided to give your music away for free, guys. We'll still pay you $50 million, though.
Beasties: Hell no, dude. We DEMAND you put some evil copy protection on the album!
Record exec: Isn't that horribly unfair towards the customers, guys? Come on, have a heart.
Beasties: Oh yeah? Well fuck you, fat Record Exec. We've got the right to party! *BLAWW* *BLAWW* *BLAWW*
Record exec: *Aaaargh* Oooooverrr my deaaaad boddyyyyyy... custooooemmueua *AAAARGH* cstmrrrrs muuust beee pa... pah.... pahmpppered.. *groan*
Beasties: *Urinate on the dead Record Exec and offer a sacrifice to Satan*
Marxist evolution is just N generations away!
anyway, who is Ian $ez? Tell Ian that part of the whole point i$ that it doe$n't matter how the arti$t feel$ about copy protection. The label$ have been in the court$ and in front of the pre$$, repeatedly talking about the right$ of the arti$t; how well doe$ that rhetoric $tand up when we learn that the arti$t has no right to avoid $uch protection?
Where i$ the recording indu$trie$' re$pect for arti$t$' right$ in $uch a ca$e?
I survived the Dick Cheney Presidency 7 to 9 AM 7-21-07
Too bad the album never made it to my Lbox for a gripping...I couldn't bear to listen to anymore of their crappy "Kool Moe Dee" lyrical sty-lee. I mean, does anyone still remember Ron Popeil? Hello, 1985.
Thankfully I got my money back...I feel sorry for any saps that actually like this album!
What I don't understand is - Why in the hell would anyone *want* to rip this crap? They should have retired after Ill Communications....they're just making fools out of themselves.
A tip: save Eva's pita.
Yes because we use other methods to monitor al Queda inside our borders. Muhahahahaha
can we call them MICROS~1 ? ;)
Well that seems fair.
When you read this reply to your post, you have agreed to put all your money in a paper bag, put your underwear on your head if it is not already there, slather yourself with Marmite, and run naked down the center of the street throwing your money to passers-by.
That is all.
"Our new OS comes with a Longhorn(TM), once an hour it anal probes the user to confirm their identity. After the intial hour long ass reaming required for installation, most users appreciate the quick prostate massage required to keep everything working perfectly."
Where do you want to take it today?
The Beastie Boys site seems to be down.. since half an hour ago actualy...
Maybe some hackers acualy buyed the cd. and got mad.
Hivemind harvest in progress..
I should try and get a non-US/UK copy of the CD. Then subject them to my EULA:
By installing this software, you consent to your right to pay me the sum of $100,000. Please install your illegal software silently to agree to this EULA.
i decided to be wary about this album when i heard the drm rumors, and i was prepared. but i can't seem to find the 'shift' button on my turntable..
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Damn it! Why did I have to read this post!
Oh well, I was going to put underwear on my head anyways... brb
Ease of use has always been Windows' strong point. In linux you'd have to open up a file and change something; that's unexceptable for the casual user.
I'm confused. If all my money is in the paper bag, do I throw the bag at passers-by or do I use the bag to carry the money until I throw the money at the passers-by?
I do not have a signature
this means somebody paid for an album by the Beastie Boys!
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With Linux it won't install the DRM, but it won't make any difference because because your sound card does not work with Linux anyway.
Saying Java is nice because it works on all OS's is like saying that anal sex is nice because it works on all genders.
But I think it was the appropriately-named The New Style where they said "I had to get a beeper cuz my 'puter is tapped, better keep your mouth shut cuz I'm fully strapped"
Apparently it is the new style.
Even if a man chops off your hand with a sword, you still have two nice, sharp bones to stick in his eyes.
Sabotaged
You can't stand it, you know I planned it
I'm gonna set it straight, this fair use debate
You can't copy shit when I'm in here
Because my new CD will stop all your file shares
So while you sit back and wonder why
Copy protection is installed inside
That's not a real CD, it's a mirage
I'm tellin' y'all you've been sabotaged
So listen up 'cause you can't copy nothin'
I'll shut you down unless you use the shift button
But I'm in and your MP3s are gone
You'll never rip another one of my songs
'Cause what you hear you might not get
And we got legal threats so don't you pirate yet
You're copying a thing that's a mirage
I'm trying to tell you now you've been sabotaged
You can't stand it, you know i planned it
I'm gonna set it straight, the consumer rights fate
You can't copy shit when my CD's in place
And now you feel disgrace because I'm in your disc space
But make no mistakes, I'll shutdown your scandal
I'm Hilary Rosen when I fly off the handle
No more fair use, it was all a mirage
I'm scheming on your rights; you're sabotaged!
They told us to tell them to screw it anyway in their late 80's hit song "You gotta fight, for you right"...
And I wonder, shouldn't they be called "The Beastie Geezers" now?
I just got: Forbidden You don't have permission to access /index.html on this server.
So their website has DRM too?
No electrons were harmed creating this post, though some may have been subjected to electrical and/or magnetic fields.
Their next album has the following predicted hits.
I was going to buy the latest album but screw them. No album is worth the hassle of DRM.
"Wasn't there an article many months (years?) ago about how to circumvent this kind of thing by holding "shift" as you insert the disc? Yes, that's a Windows-only solution, but I don't see this kind of problem affecting Macs or Linux machines."
I'd like to see them try to install something on my linux machine. Hell, I can't install anything when I'm trying.
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