Posted on 08/06/2005 8:03:43 PM PDT by Panerai
ipod ping
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
ping
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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