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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."
Grow up moron. First off, from what I've read, it says ON THE CD that it contains copy protection and that it's doing so in conjunction with Windows and Mac operating systems. If you don't read it, that's your fault. This falls under the same crap as accepting shrink wrap licenses by Microsoft to give up your first born child etc etc. Shrink Wrap licensing has never been tested in court and let me tell you, those trying to protect their ass, have FAR more money than your professional (and obviously not a professional lawyer) butt does. You'd be asking a judge to decide a matter of applicability to all shrink wrap licensing.
So you know how to read your state laws online. Congrats. Glad you know how to interpret them too.
I'm still having trouble with the concept that someone would want to copy the Beastie Boys' music...
Chelloveck
I give up on debugging. From now on, SIGSEGV is a feature.
I think the joke is that somebody actually bought and listened to the "boys".
They are so 90's.
Yeah, pretty much the same... Except that this little thing runs on your precious little Mac too.
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