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Coldplay's new CD has rules: No MP3s, no DVD players, no car stereos
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| 30 December 2005
| Cory Doctorow
Posted on 01/05/2006 2:29:38 PM PST by ShadowAce
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To: msnimje
Actually reading a bit more, sounds like it uses blacklisting.
Much like the newer PC copy protection will detect 'fake' drives like daemontools or whatever (used to fake some protections... mount .iso images and make appear to be a burned cd in a drive, but actually just a program opening an .iso file)
Anyway, sounds like this blacklists any technology that might be used to rip the music. That is cd burners, hard drives, mp3 recorders or converters, and related technology.
Where it does run on Windows it installs the license file that it checks every time you listen to it, and if not found will not play (not sure if there is a limited '2 installs' per disk or if its infinate)
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posted on
01/05/2006 2:44:49 PM PST
by
FreedomNeocon
(I'm in no Al-Samood for this Shi'ite.)
To: ShadowAce
Cold Play's music is worse than the music one hears in an elevator. UGH.
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posted on
01/05/2006 2:44:51 PM PST
by
PilloryHillary
(Government is the only enterprise in the world which expands in size when its failures increase.)
To: ShadowAce
I've been listening to all of Coldplay's albums on my iPod for quite some time now... Whoops. (Well to be fair, I never had the opportunity to read their "rules", since I don't pay to listen to bands featuring political liberals.)
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posted on
01/05/2006 2:45:09 PM PST
by
SunStar
(Democrats piss me off!)
To: ShadowAce
Next:
-ColdPlay gets dixiechicked,
-Gwyneth's fag boytoy stops bringing home tons of bacon,
-Gwyneth dumps loser fag boytoy.
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posted on
01/05/2006 2:45:24 PM PST
by
Revolting cat!
("In the end, nothing explains anything.")
To: ShadowAce
"Manufacturing defects" show up real quick under a heat gun.
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posted on
01/05/2006 2:45:32 PM PST
by
flada
(Posting in a manner reminiscent of Jen-gis Kahn.)
To: KarlInOhio
hmmmm....
I guess they don't want anyone to buy it then....
To: highball
Does this mean I have to download it from iTunes? No, eMule...
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posted on
01/05/2006 2:45:53 PM PST
by
SunStar
(Democrats piss me off!)
To: rattrap
The whole album was up on file sharing sites long before release. Just like every album.
If people are worried about music screwing up their computer, they should do the exact opposite of what they're told by the RIAA. By all means, go and download the album from a file sharing site or torrent, because the industry's stupid requirements and upgrades actually have a better chance of screwing up your machine than downloading the mp3. The mp3, only very rarely, contains some sort of virus. The upgrades toy with the registry, open holes in the OS, and make significant changes to a working system.
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posted on
01/05/2006 2:46:12 PM PST
by
July 4th
(A vacant lot cancelled out my vote for Bush.)
To: ShadowAce
To: ShadowAce
THey suck anyway, who gives a rat's arse?
To: ShadowAce
I might care if Coldplay made decent music but they don't
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posted on
01/05/2006 2:47:49 PM PST
by
dennisw
("What one man can do another can do" - The Edge)
To: July 4th
it's been sitting on usenet for a month at least
alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.complete_cd
multiple postings
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posted on
01/05/2006 2:48:12 PM PST
by
rdax
To: ShadowAce
What's a Coldplay?
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posted on
01/05/2006 2:49:31 PM PST
by
CzarNicky
(The problem with bad ideas is that they seemed like good ideas at the time.)
To: ShadowAce
Download the best BEST audio ripper on the Internet. It's name is
Audacity
Next, play the cd in your computer, and run the program. It is a great ripper, and best of all, it's completely free.
To: MikeinIraq
I don't understand WHY they can't be played in Car stereos? It doesn't say you can't - it's basically saying that it "might not work" in the car stereo - perhaps due to an incompatibility with the copy protection.
Although it does smell like a hoax to me...
To: Trampled by Lambs
I'd bet my paycheck that someone will have converted the songs to MP3 within days. heck, I could probably do it myself - except I wouldn't bother with this boring band anyway. Yep. You only need one person to beat it and share the results and it will propagate like the Plague (which is an apt analogy for Coldplay).
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posted on
01/05/2006 2:51:42 PM PST
by
atomicpossum
(If I don't reply, don't think you're winning. I often just don't bother to argue.)
To: Mannaggia l'America
A hoax is something I didn't think about....
To: rdax
In other news... Microsoft forgot to add copy protection for some games it was Demoing at E3 this year.
As a result copies of 'unprotected' xbox360 games were leaked and posted on usenet as well.
People are already working on 'mod chips' and ways to hack the xbox360 and copy games using those as their PRIMARY documentation.
Mostly E.European countries and HongKong and Thailand and all...
But the last generation of PS2/Xbox 'mod chip' industry was reported to be several million dollars, and Microsoft went and gave them 50% of the work done.
Anyway, point is... focus on doing whatever well.. good music, good games, good product. You'll come out ahead every time.
Otherwise, you can only hurt yourself wasting time, chasing ghosts, and making yourself insane, in a distracted mess of confusion, and a never-ending game of cat and mouse.
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posted on
01/05/2006 2:53:18 PM PST
by
FreedomNeocon
(I'm in no Al-Samood for this Shi'ite.)
To: ShadowAce
Is it X/Y? That one plays just fine in my car. Or is it a newer one? I really like them. But I won't buy a cd that I can't make a backup of, because cds are junk.
The only album I would pay for that had stupid anti-copying crap on it is if Soundgarden got back together and put out a new album or something.
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posted on
01/05/2006 2:55:33 PM PST
by
mysterio
To: ShadowAce
I've got one simple rule: No Coldplay.
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posted on
01/05/2006 2:55:43 PM PST
by
IronJack
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