Here's the deal with copy protection on To the 5 Boroughs. Read it.
There is no copy controlled software on US or UK releases of
Beastie Boys' To the 5 Boroughs.
The disk is copy controlled in outside of the USA and UK - which is
standard policy for all Capitol/EMI titles (and a policy used by all major labels in Europe).
The copy protection system used for all EMI/Capitol releases including
To the 5 Boroughs is Macrovision's CDS-200, which sets up an audio player
into the users RAM (not hard drive) to playback the RED book audio on the
disk. It does absolutely not install any kind of spyware, shareware, silverware, or ladies wear onto the users
system. You can find more information on the technology used
here.
This is what EMI has to say about it:
Reports that spy ware is being included on the Beastie Boy's CD, To the 5 Boroughs are absolutely untrue.
While the Beastie Boys CD does use copy control in some territories, there is no copy control on the Beasties Boys discs in the US or the UK. Where copy protection is used, it is Macrovision's CDS-200 technology; the same technology being used for the past several months around the world for all of EMI's releases in those territories. This Macrovision technology does not install spy ware or vapor ware of any kind on a users PC. In fact, CDS-200 does
not install software applications of any kind on a user's PC. All the copy protection in CDS-200 is hardware based, meaning that it is dependent on the physical properties and the format of the CD. None of the copy protection in CDS-200 requires software applications to be loaded onto a computer.
The technology does activate a proprietary Macrovision player in order to play the CD on a PC, and that player converts WMA compressed files to audio on the fly. It also temporarily installs a graphic skin for the player. Nothing is permanently installed on a hard drive. These details can be verified in the 'install.log' file in the computer's root directory
The All Music Guide is definitely a good start to find new music. Even the most obscure releases are usually reviewed if they're somewhat interesting. They also show the hilights songs for almost every albums, allowing users to easily retrieve a few good songs from p2p application in order to find out if the cd is worth buying.
But their most useful feature is the way you can easily find similar artists, genre, and easily browse through them.
It's called the "Activator". It was a kind of circle with motion sensors that would translate some basic moves to a joystick input (ie. kick = A button). I can't find any pictures on the net (I wish I could find my Sega Vision collection) but you can still buy it for $25 here.
Is it me, or some of us have WAY TOO MUCH TIME to spend trying to find absurd details like this one. You have some m4D photoshop skillz and you can zoom a picture and find out that there's three type of edge. Great, you've solved every single problem on planet earth.
Sorry for being a troll, but sometimes I can't believe all the hours wasted looking for stupid details like this one. The worst part is that slashdot is posting 'em:/.
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Here's the deal with copy protection on To the 5 Boroughs. Read it.
Beastie Boys' To the 5 Boroughs.
standard policy for all Capitol/EMI titles (and a policy used by all major labels in Europe).
To the 5 Boroughs is Macrovision's CDS-200, which sets up an audio player
into the users RAM (not hard drive) to playback the RED book audio on the
disk. It does absolutely not install any kind of spyware,
shareware, silverware, or ladies wear onto the users
system. You can find more information on the technology used
here.
This is what EMI has to say about it:
Reports that spy ware is being included on the Beastie Boy's CD, To the
5 Boroughs are absolutely untrue.
While the Beastie Boys CD does use copy control in some territories, there is no
copy control on the Beasties Boys discs in the US or the UK. Where copy
protection is used, it is Macrovision's CDS-200 technology; the same technology
being used for the past several months around the world for all of EMI's
releases in those territories. This Macrovision technology does not install spy ware or vapor ware of any kind on a users PC. In fact, CDS-200 does
not install software applications of any kind on a user's PC. All the
copy protection in CDS-200 is hardware based, meaning that it is dependent on
the physical properties and the format of the CD. None of the copy protection in
CDS-200 requires software applications to be loaded onto a computer.
The technology does activate a proprietary Macrovision player in order to play
the CD on a PC, and that player converts WMA compressed files to audio on the
fly. It also temporarily installs a graphic skin for the player. Nothing is
permanently installed on a hard drive. These details can be verified in the 'install.log'
file in the computer's root directory
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That's exactly my thought. It's not hard to imagine some bots joining channels and repeating their URL in order to get a better rank on google.
The All Music Guide is definitely a good start to find new music. Even the most obscure releases are usually reviewed if they're somewhat interesting. They also show the hilights songs for almost every albums, allowing users to easily retrieve a few good songs from p2p application in order to find out if the cd is worth buying.
:).
But their most useful feature is the way you can easily find similar artists, genre, and easily browse through them.
A must have site for your bookmark
Since the man himself had it online on his website for ages.
It's called the "Activator". It was a kind of circle with motion sensors that would translate some basic moves to a joystick input (ie. kick = A button). I can't find any pictures on the net (I wish I could find my Sega Vision collection) but you can still buy it for $25 here.
Posted by michael on Sunday April 01, @12:10AM
:)
Who would say april fools?
Is it me, or some of us have WAY TOO MUCH TIME to spend trying to find absurd details like this one. You have some m4D photoshop skillz and you can zoom a picture and find out that there's three type of edge. Great, you've solved every single problem on planet earth.
:/.
Sorry for being a troll, but sometimes I can't believe all the hours wasted looking for stupid details like this one. The worst part is that slashdot is posting 'em
The whois should works even if your dns server is down *cough*