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."

Comments

Re:Can't touch this

[Anonymous Coward]

Please cut out the lame slashdot groupthink.

Regards Sir,
AC

Beastie Boys change name to GWNAA

[Anonymous Coward]

You knew it was coming.

Another no-trouble report

[EssTiDee]

I got a little paranoid... Threw my old Win98 box back together for one last fling. Ripped it to mp3s using a really old version of AudioGrabber. Copied those files to a blank CD-R. Moved 'em to my real computer, dumped 'em, moved them into iTunes, and then to iPod, and back to blank CD converted into CDA form for use in my car. No problems. Perhaps the RIAA didn't bother to hire real software writers for their fabled DRM copy protection?

Re:Illegal?

[lvdrproject]

Hey, thanks for the link to the Windows site! I would be confused about the operating system i'm running if you hadn't provided that distinction for me~

(Plus i'm pretty sure anyone who's intelligent enough to use Linux is probably intelligent enough to make the three or four clicks necessary to disable auto-run on Windows.)

PLUS: 'Update: Ian sez, "Hi, I'm not sure who posted re: Beastie Boys copy protection, but I just spoke with Mike D and their management and they wanted me to pass along that a) This is all territories except the US and UK -- US and UK discs do not have this protection on them; b) All EMI CDs are treated this way, theirs isn't receiving special treatment; c) They would have preferred not to have the copy protection, but weren't allowed to differ from EMI policy."'

Y HELO THAR KNEE-JERK

Also, you totally ruin any arguement you may have, no matter how good it is, when you use a dollar sign in Microsoft's name. Keep it hard-core, guys. -_-

Re:This is Illegal in Minnesota

[Anonymous Coward]

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.

Inherently copy-protected

[Chelloveck]

I'm still having trouble with the concept that someone would want to copy the Beastie Boys' music...

Re:Heh

[The Dobber]

I think the joke is that somebody actually bought and listened to the "boys".

They are so 90's.

Re:Illegal?

[devilspgd]

Yeah, pretty much the same... Except that this little thing runs on your precious little Mac too.

Re:This is Illegal in Minnesota

[Anonymous Coward]

And as a highly paid professional, I know I can bill my time that any 10 second problem will turn into the maximum allowable penalty pretty darn quick

Sounds like you're a highly paid professional jackass to me. What law firm are you with?

Re:Well, there's a very clear and simple message h

[Anonymous Coward]

Wow, lots of boldfaced words and even some italics! You sure are one angry faggot.

In soviet United States...

[Anonymous Coward]

In soviet United States, music installs DRM!