And another copy protection mechanism by SONY...

MIKE BURN

"Second Session" by SONY

The first CD's are delivered here in Germany... *Ugh*

Ay, ay, ay, ay..........

Seismic Anamoly · Joined: 22 Aug 2002 Posts: 3039

I give it a week tops before one of those elite German crackers defeat it... :aua

Kinda like Radar detectors...upgrade the Radar, upgrade the detector....upgrade the Radar again, upgrade the detector again....and so on and so on and so on.... :bleh

MIKE BURN

HAHA! Already done, Seismo

("Toast-Audio-Extractor" for MacOS

)

Well... I think the ugly thing is, that the poor people throwing out 20 or 30 dollars for an album, get a CD which plays in MP3-Audio-Format on their PC's, is not working with every Red-Book-CD-player, not to speak from the fact that they can't burn anything on private CDR's.

It's really getting worse everyday with the "Industry",

since the "handicapped" are always the last honest customers.

Seismic Anamoly · Joined: 22 Aug 2002 Posts: 3039

VERY well said...

...and ain't it amazing how fast those guys (and a few gals) can tear a program apart??!! :lol

Hey...Sony.... :yeah

JPzBeenjamin · Joined: 06 Nov 2003 Posts: 126

I'll say it again.

I have bought just about every format of the same titles. I realize that they are trying to stop piracy? But in the same token I refuse to keep the industry alive anymore by buying the same titles over and over just because they keep upgrading the media. For the price of music nowdays you should be able to backup the expensive media that you buy.....and not just to a cassette. May the people who figure out ways around this abound. My friend and I had a thought....If you were only able to download low bit mono mp3 files with a link or location in the mp3 info window for those who want you to have the best bitrate mp3 files...like those of us who give them away free...And apply this to the p2p networks so they can't pass higher quality audio files through their networks. That would solve a lot of illeagle file sharing and allow people to sample the music and buy or go to the location for a leagle download.

bbchris · Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2003 11:05 am Post subject: Re: I said it before

I think that's brilliant what you've just said Jay!

And Mike & Seismic - so ridiculous to go after the 'customer' for more $$$!! What about the guys who SELL pirated CDs etc? They are the ones making $$ from this - not your grandma or teenager who's downloading a tune here or there on the Internet.. (except I don't know many Grandma's who know how to download stuff on the Internet... hahahaha)

Seismic Anamoly · Joined: 22 Aug 2002 Posts: 3039

Quote:
....the guys who SELL pirated CDs...

Great point, Chris...hey, if it's on the net and I download it and listen to it, so be it; I didn't put it there...

Making a profit on someone else's work without paying taxes or royalties is another story...IMO, anyway...and yours too!!

markhewer · Joined: 04 Jan 2003 Posts: 246

The Industry is cutting it's own throat by angering the few people left who support it. People will discover quality music by Indie's like ourselves who are willing to offer FREE downloads just to create a fan base. :yo

bbchris · Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2003 4:21 pm Post subject: Re: I said it before

hahahaha Love your positive point of view Mark!!! :banana