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October 07, 2003
CD protections
While scanning through my daily news reading, I came across this tidbit today from CNet News.com. Essentially this tells how holding down the shift key disables the Windows auto-run, thereby bypassing the copy protection scheme put into place by BMG Music to stop the CD from being copied.
First off I find this to be a really really dumb idea, because the basic premise is that a generic media (CD) is now being limited to Windows capable machines only. If that's not really the case, then I fail to see how this CP system was even going to work originally. But the part that gets me really annoyed is the following quote:
"This is something we were aware of," said BMG spokesman Nathaniel Brown. "Copy management is intended as a speed bump, intended to thwart the casual listener from mass burning and uploading. We made a conscious decision to err on the side of playability and flexibility."
They're worried about the casual listener? Isn't this the same person who already purchased the CD, paid the outrageous pricing scheme, and is now happy just to hear their music?!?! Honestly, out of the people doing the music ripping, it's not the casual listener you need to worry about (average joe inserts cd at work, takes home with them), but rather the person willing to work to bypass these stupid CP mechanisms.
Posted by Dan at October 7, 2003 11:13 AM