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Sony's New DRM Technique
skochak writes "Sony has introduced a new DRM scheme. You can burn a CD-R from the original once, but you can't re-burn from that first copy." From the article: "The concept is known as 'sterile burning.' And in the eyes of Sony BMG executives, the initiative is central to the industry's efforts to curb casual CD burning. 'The casual piracy, the school yard piracy, is a huge issue for us...Two-thirds of all piracy comes from ripping and burning CDs, which is why making the CD a secure format is of the utmost importance.'"
I hope no one finds out you can burn a gazillion copies from the CDR!
These guys need a serious kick in the ass. I'm buying my son a Nintendo instead of a PS3.
Oooh, that'll do it.
What if we want to copy Linux distributions to our friends? Huh, what about that?
Wait, or was that the Bittorrent excuse? I'm getting them mixed up now. I can't believe they're stepping all over our rights to do anything we want, anywhere, with anything.
For some reason, this is totally unreasonable!
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Two-thirds of all piracy comes from ripping and burning CDs
But they're using high-speed burners, so that makes it at least four thirds, right?
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C'mon, give them some credit. If you would've read the article you posted you would've noticed that you need a marker. And with a felt tip, no less!
I remember when legal used to mean lawful, now it means some kind of loophole. - Leo Kessler
Which might help explain the extreme popularity of the format...
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I store all of my data in WMA files. That way I can listen to my databases on my iPod. Northwind Traders has some phat beats.
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"Trying to make bits uncopyable is like trying to make water not wet."
--Bruce Schneier
I'd add the following:
"Anyone who says differently is selling something"
--Westley, The Princess Bride
Not to flame, but conventional wisdom here on /. is that NO sales are lost due to copying. ;)
Any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.
Yes, figuring out the physical location of the second session is certainly less difficult than holding shift or disabling autoplay.
Sony is losing money on their sales of CD burners, Sony begins demanding more piracy to cover the losses.
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"Two-thirds of all piracy comes from ripping and burning CDs"
and here I'd been brainwashed into thinking that it was mostly from P2P networks...
From "The Article":
"The industry is keen to make sure that is not abused by making copies for other people that would otherwise go buy a CD."
I wouldn't otherwise go buy the CD, so....hand me another blank please......[click][burn]Thanks!
Glad they finally realize that not everyone who wants a copy is a prospective paying customer.
Like I don't do that every few months anyway.