Posted on 08/06/2005 8:03:43 PM PDT by Panerai
The latest copy-protected CDs from major music lables continue leave iPod users without a solution. CDs by Foo Fighters and Dave Matthews Band recently released by Sony BMG contain new anti-piracy technology which renders them incompatible with Apple's iPod. Despite the incompatibility, however, the disks are reportedly selling well amidst a backlash from some fans, according to Reuters. The protection scheme prevents users from importing music onto iPods because Apple's Fairplay DRM software is incompatible with Windows. One record label executive said "It's up to Apple to flip the switch", but Apple spokeswoman Natalie Kerris stated "We have not announced any plans to license Fairplay technology".
Record executives stated they were continuing talks with Apple to make these CDs compatible with iPods, meanwhile Sony BMG also released versions of each album to Apple's iTunes music service. While this made amends with some iPod users, others are still angry because they like to physically own a disc prior to transferring it to their iPod.
The copy-protection allows users make three exact duplicates of a CD, as well as store files on a PC in Microsoft's Windows Media format. Roughly one-third of the 252 customer reviews of the Foo Fighter CD on Amazon this week complained about the copy protection.
One Amazon.com customer wrote: "This (Foo Fighters) CD has a copy protection scheme that makes it totally useless to 30 million iPod owners, [...] how could a band be so stupid as to alienate such a huge percentage of their fans?"
(Excerpt) Read more at ipodnn.com ...
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Couldn't you buy it via iTunes, burn it to a CD, then rip it back as MP3 files?
What if you want to buy the cd ? If you can't transfer the cd to an ipod - to those who listen only to their ipod for music ( me included ), this makes buying the cd pretty useless.
Looks like Dave Matthews is still dumping sh** over the bridge. I assume any pc uploads can go to free p2p sites. Boy, the music biz sure hates its market. Can they really be this stupid?
Is this the same 98cent sharpie vulnerable "protection"?
I bet there is an online DRM "correcting" program for those who buy the CD so they can do whatever they want.
Sony - the company that brought the world the Betamax.
If not today, within the week...
As if I will buy anything from that POS Matthews anyway.
What about downloading it off the net for nothing. I can understand them wanting to stop piracy. But the people who are doing most of it can get past any copy-protection program if they feel so inclined. They should just release the cd's with no protections so people won't have problems with certain players.
No, I don't think so. This is actual digital encoding on the CD.
if there is, it violates the DMCA. remember, you retain your right to fair use - but you have no legal way of obtaining the means to exercise that right.
ah so it will be ripable just like the DVD is rippable.
Sometimes it is a wonder that sony continues to exist since they are eager to produce "orphan" incompatable products.
It has not been settled.
Thought the industry has lost cases abroad.
the DMCA is being used right now by the RIAA/MPAA to put various software and hardware companies out of business.
Not for long...JFK
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That is a question of "slap" suits or litigation by volume.
They RIAA can't beat the nobody who simply writes the freeware and realeases it to the world.
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