All this tuff is really nice and interesting. but i think to vaguely remember that artists do gain some pretty penny from airing their tunes too. I think this is also a good way to earn money for them.
but excuse me if i digress. Recently my wife bought a CD reader by SONY. A Discman. It sported a nice, big, flashy write on it : "Also MP3 reader".
Nice.
Recently she bought the last Massive Attack album, nice music. Guess what?
You put the disc on the reader and...silence! The reader made by SONY, is not able to read a CD protected with the same protection system invented by SONY. Funny stuff eh?
My legit CD reader, is not able to read a legit store bought CD. Can u see a pattern here? For me this alone spells DOOM for the RIIA and all of his friends.
THATS the real issue with the music today. If they do not solve this s**t with copy protection systems, some really bad 455 mojo is going to happen to them. If they do not get their acts together, soon there will be no more "record industry".
My 2, off topic cents.
P.S: Bye the way, the link to Albino's writing is really good.
P.P.S: I phoned to a SONY representtative in my area talking to him about the reader/CD issue. He said he was aware of the story and that now SONY is looking into this. Many CD's do have this problem. He said that i was authorized to bring back the CD and eventually give his name if the store refused to take it back. He also suggested to me to (!) rip the CD, recording it in real-time with a recording software and encoding it in MP3. I found this really showing where this market is going. Down the toilet. KazaaLite for ever!
Peace out.
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All this tuff is really nice and interesting. but i think to vaguely remember that artists do gain some pretty penny from airing their tunes too. I think this is also a good way to earn money for them. but excuse me if i digress. Recently my wife bought a CD reader by SONY. A Discman. It sported a nice, big, flashy write on it : "Also MP3 reader". Nice. Recently she bought the last Massive Attack album, nice music. Guess what? You put the disc on the reader and...silence! The reader made by SONY, is not able to read a CD protected with the same protection system invented by SONY. Funny stuff eh? My legit CD reader, is not able to read a legit store bought CD. Can u see a pattern here? For me this alone spells DOOM for the RIIA and all of his friends. THATS the real issue with the music today. If they do not solve this s**t with copy protection systems, some really bad 455 mojo is going to happen to them. If they do not get their acts together, soon there will be no more "record industry". My 2, off topic cents. P.S: Bye the way, the link to Albino's writing is really good. P.P.S: I phoned to a SONY representtative in my area talking to him about the reader/CD issue. He said he was aware of the story and that now SONY is looking into this. Many CD's do have this problem. He said that i was authorized to bring back the CD and eventually give his name if the store refused to take it back. He also suggested to me to (!) rip the CD, recording it in real-time with a recording software and encoding it in MP3. I found this really showing where this market is going. Down the toilet. KazaaLite for ever! Peace out.