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.'"

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Used to be a zealot myself.

[Eunuch]

Down with IP and all that. I'm a bit more sane now.

Re:Maximum Utmost

[martian265]

And anyone with any fair sense of musical esthetics can tell that the older stuff is generally better, even if they think of it as "less bad".

You actually mean "And anyone that likes the same kind of music that I like can tell that the older stuff is generally better, even if they think of it as "less bad"."

Disguising personal tastes as "esthetics" is inane and very self-serving. People usually form their "likes" and "dislikes" when they are younger and tend to go back to those tastes as they get older. This is a natural process and there is nothing wrong with it, but don't try and pass those tastes off as being cultured or "musically esthetic".

I personally really enjoy the music that I listened to when I was a teenager and newer music that sounds like that. However, I'm not enough of a egoistic to try and claim that new wave music from the 80s is better than the current music because it's more "musically esthetic".

FYI, people that use words like esthetic and flaunt their musical "knowledge" ARE snobs and they ALWAYS have higher opinions of themselves than everyone else does about them.

Sheesh, I never have mod points when I need them.