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Adding Insult To Injury: Now The Music Biz Starts Shipping Copy Protected CDs

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Wed, Sep 10th 2003 3:08pm — Mike Masnick
Another link submitted by AMetamorphosis talking about how the music industry is about to start pushing copy protected music on many new CDs in the US. There have been a few trials on the technology in the US, but now they're expanding the program widely. This is, of course, the latest strategy by the industry to shoot themselves in the foot. Offer me a product that does even less than before making it worth less to me? No thanks. I won't buy it. I thought the industry wanted to increase the sale of CDs. All this does is decrease it. Like the problems with product activation, adding copy protection digital rights management to CDs does nothing to solve the problem. People who want to copy the music will still figure out how. However, the rest of us who just want to use the music in legitimate, non-infringing ways, will have our lives made more difficult. Suing your customers and then offering them a worse product. What genius thought that up as a way to increase sales?
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  1. identicon
    Chris, 10 Sep 2003 @ 6:27pm

    Who buys CDs anyway, these days?

    I'm boycotting the RIAA with or without copy-protected CDs.
    Does the RIAA really think actions like this are going to keep yesterday's technology (CDs) from becoming obsolete?

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  2. identicon
    AMetamorphosis, 10 Sep 2003 @ 6:36pm

    Re: Who buys CDs anyway, these days?

    Forgive me Mike for I must sin ...
    www.boycott-riaa.com
    ... and YES, I DID order my bumper sticker and its a " stand - up - ready - to - fight - time " when I actually put a bumper sticker on my over priced transporatation.

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  3. identicon
    Patrick, 10 Sep 2003 @ 11:59pm

    Market Research

    If the copy protection is actually effective, I wonder how this will affect the Bigchampagne market research?

    Copy protection=no file sharing=no radio play=no CD sales (?!) Sounds like a good stategy to me.

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    Anonymous Coward, 11 Sep 2003 @ 12:23am

    These are not CDs

    They are not compliant with the CD specifications.

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    Anonymous Coward, 11 Sep 2003 @ 12:26am

    I do

    It's better quality and value than things like the iTunes music store (of course, I only buy CDs whose price has gone down to $9 or less).

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  6. identicon
    TAD, 11 Sep 2003 @ 9:56am

    Buy Used CDs

    If you want your popular music, but hate the RIAA, buy used CDs. The labels don't make a penny off those sales. (i don't think)

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  7. identicon
    AMetamorphosis, 11 Sep 2003 @ 11:51am

    Re: Buy Used CDs

    Yes !!! ... and you also help to keep independent music stores in business as the BIG BOX corporate stores like Wal-fart are too stupid to see this excellent way of recycling and sharing music ...

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  8. identicon
    acb, 11 Sep 2003 @ 6:51pm

    They already do this here

    In Australia, all EMI titles are "Copy Controlled", and have been since early in the year. Which is why I ordered US copies of the last Radiohead and Massive Attack albums.

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  9. identicon
    AMetamorphosis, 12 Sep 2003 @ 7:12am

    Re: They already do this here

    Yes and as a fellow Aussie by birthright I'm saddended to see the " sheeple " acceptance of this horrendous product by our fellow countrymen !
    Congrats to you Mate for having the balls to order from us Yanks ... we might be losing our freedom slowly, but some of us are keeping up the fight !
    Cheers

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