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Artist Suggesting Ways Around Copy Protection
fanboyslayer writes "Switchfoot's new album Nothing Is Sound shipped from Sony with copy protection software on the CD, much to the dismay of thousands of iPod-wielding fans. The band posted a response on their official forum apologizing for the protection and detailing ways to circumvent the protection and rip their songs to PC. Switchfoot linked to open-source program CDex's download page with instructions on disabling the autorunning protection and ripping the files to MP3. Many of Switchfoot's fans have been upset by the copy protection measures, and it's nice to know the artists seem to care about the issue."
Um. Well, the obvious answer is to charge him with the criminal act of circumventing copyright protection in violation of the DMCA. I believe there would be both civil and criminal charges involved.
I don't see what other choice they have. You can't sue some kid for using a green marker on your CDs to break the protection, but not do the same with your own "employees" who are encouraging and educating people on how to perform a criminal act. Especially since the copyright no doubt belongs to the record label and not the band.
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The artists are mere karma bitches, playing Sony for money and the general public for simpathy. Move along. Nothing to see here.
Something bad is coming when people are suddenly anxious to tell the truth.
They did give up all their principles, if they ever had any, when signing for Sony. You're either part of the problem or part of the solution.
If you put money in Sony's pocket, either as an artist working for them, or as a buyer of music, well, you're part of the problem.
If you feel the need for a role model, as your age would indicate, look at the Grateful Dead for guidance.
Also, comparing a bunch of entertainers to mother Theresa and Gandhi is downright laughable, and only serves to reinforce my perception that these guys are some sort of PR hoes.
Oh, and good_press != heaven so there goes the rest of your argument.
Go get some sleep, fanboy.
Something bad is coming when people are suddenly anxious to tell the truth.
Not to get anal, but the installed base of Mac users is above 20%. The total amount of Macs sold during a quarter/year hovers around 3-4%.
:)
We Mac users tend to keep our computers longer than PC users.
A christian rock bank telling people how to avoid paying caeser what is due caeser?
I wonder how many cheeks they turn?
You just admitted to my point. Moreover, you have taken the tag I created and posted it on another one of my fave karma bitch types: the bigot.
Therefore, by the rules of intelligent discourse, I WIN! Nyuck nyuck nyuck!
I do not believe in jeebus myself but you should know that there *are* people who go to church and live pious lives for reasons other than fear of hell.
Oh, and I think I'll upgrade my "karma bitch" rating to "plain old bitch" for this band, since I now understand that their action is actually a sales pitch: "Buy our CD's, they're easy to rip off!"
Something bad is coming when people are suddenly anxious to tell the truth.
Not that I've ever heard of the band anyway but it's the same as breaking into someone's house, stealing their stuff & selling it for money, spending all the money & then writing the person you robbed a letter of apology... just doesn't sit right.
Gentoo Linux - another day, another USE flag.
...doesn't mean it isn't there. I am a musician and can readily tell the difference between mp3s and originals. (High bitrate Ogg and AAC is ok, but mp3 is never ok)