I guess some people won't even notice a difference, as there will certainly be drives capable of copying the CDs, as there are for all current protections.
6.11.2002 12:04 #1
Does this new technology prevent you from actually creating an image on your harddrive from the CD or burning it back to a CD-R?
6.11.2002 12:11 #2
It prevents you even _playing_ the discs in various normal CD players, including tons of car stereos.
And this experiment is being carried out only in Europe, where _all_ BMG discs will be copy-protected from now on.
6.11.2002 12:17 #3
Well atleast there's a bright side to this story - now it's easy to tell for sure which CDs NOT to buy. *grin*
6.11.2002 12:20 #4
Ketola: S**tty thing is the habit of labels to actually own multiple label brands and avoid showing their own, "main brand" logo on them. Columbia Records, etc -- they don't "really" exist, but are just parts of the Big Five.
Easiest would be to boycott _ALL_ CDs, despite what label, until the music industry gets the idea (like that's gonna happen..).
6.11.2002 12:24 #5
No wonder cd sales are declining. People are are not sure that they can play their new cds so they rely on getting the them as a "safe version" from a tech-savy friend Stupid politics from the record companies and not working.
Markus
P.S. Next time when you buy a cd/dvd -drive make sure it can read these new "faulty" cds
7.11.2002 00:33 #6
Doh! I'll just use an old CD-Rom and a loop-back cable like I do now, ripping my MP3's for my walkman and ignor this puny menace. Get a life!
7.11.2002 08:25 #7