On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 04:26:01AM -0800, Jeremiah Rickert wrote:
Is this the copy protection that can be defeated by running a black marker over the middle ring of the CD?
That's the one that broke the Mac CD drives. The new versions are "better" (i.e. break different CD players in different ways). I *really* don't trust the record companies to come up with a DRM system that works to stop piracy, but allows all genuine uses. I think it's even been formally proved that reliable DRM is impossible - it will always be crackable or will have unwanted side effects.
I think PC's have replaced stereos for a *lot* of people. My father in law, for one, only has his computer to play CDs and I know at least three others in my family alone who don't own a stereo.
Not only that, but many CD players (such as car stereos) are based on CDROM drives, similar to those in a PC, so they won't play protected CDs either. This doesn't bother the record companies, who are scum. Er, I mean "who have an agenda that they will pursue at any cost". Because they're scum.
I wonder what Bill and Jimi would think about all this. Well, I don't need to wonder actually, it's pretty obvious what they'd think.
Burn The Bastards (and then dance on their ashes) Save The Vinyl -- When I was 8 or 9 years old, I aquired a split beaver magazine. You can imagine my disappointment when, upon examination of the photos with a microscope, I found that all I could see was dots.