Comments | amireal: So now it's getting personal.

amireal

So now it's getting personal.

Feb 15, 2006 16:45

The whole what rights do I have once I OWN THE DAMNED CD is starting to get on my nerves. I am not paying between $5.00 and $15.00's on a cd only to be told I am not allowed to rip it to my iPodWhat's next? Digitally purchased music is not allowed to be burned ( Read more... )

frothy rage

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titti February 15 2006, 21:51:13 UTC

That's actually good news for consumers IMO, because now they aren't attacking just you and me, but they are attacking Apple and HP, and other companies that produce MP3 players.

amireal February 15 2006, 22:10:57 UTC

Point and good sidenote. I am however horrified that they went this extra step. I hope apple and the like step up and go "Um. No." But I'd have to examine the issues good or bad it would bring up in relation to itunes. Apple MIGHT see it as a way to gain a better foothold.

titti February 15 2006, 22:16:33 UTC

But it's not really new. It's the same argument Sony made 4 months ago when it put that antiripping virus in the CD, which not only wouldn't let you rip the CD, but made your computer vulnerable to hackers.

amireal February 15 2006, 22:18:13 UTC

That software wasn't antiripping so much as antiripping amount, similar but different. It still allowed adding the songs to iPods. It just fucked with your computer at the same time.

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kudra2324 February 15 2006, 23:07:17 UTC

oh man, that's infuriating. i mean what the fuck - it's bad enough when i have my own legally purchased copies of something and the number of times i can move it around is restricted. thanks for linking to this.

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cetpar February 16 2006, 23:14:21 UTC

What anti-copying software with Apple? Do you mean Itunes and it's "authorization" limiting the number of computers you can use the DL song on? Or did I miss something else? I knew about the whole Sony rootkit thing, but I hadn't heard anything about Apple.

amireal February 16 2006, 23:54:01 UTC

It's more the proprietary format that gets me.

In order to convert m4a to mp3, you have to burn it and rerip.

cetpar February 17 2006, 00:33:47 UTC

I can understand that. It's annoying in general that there are all these limitations put on music you purchased legally. Before I bought my Ipod, I had an IRiver flash mp3 player that I still use to excercise with, and of course it doesn't play AAC. So I have to do the same thing. It's a pain, and there is always some audio quality loss when you do it. (Although, since I just use it for excercise, I'm usually too focused on the 'gotta keep going' part to worry about the sound quality *g* )

tonicollins February 16 2006, 02:09:27 UTC

I remember when cd's first came out and people freaked over the price. "Don't worry," corporate guys said, "It's just because of the transition that the prices are high. They'll go down." "Hey," I said, "I have a bridge and a really pretty watch..."

Let's not mention that it costs a hell of a lot less to make a cd than it did a record or tape.

If the artists are being ripped off it's because of the deals they've made with the distributors. Don't cry to me, get a better negotiator.

wetdryvac February 16 2006, 02:34:59 UTC

*noisily vents contents of bag on RIAA monkeys*

Including:

Rats, bismuth powder, taco soup, decayed lentils, coffee grounds, legal grounds, grounds for a protection order, ground parts of a Casio calculator, grease from no less than seven sources, a tub ring, carpet lint, other lint, mercury and Mercurochrome, naphtha, nitric acid, kitten tape, mouthwash, fingernail filings, metal filings, tooth fillings, another rat - this one albino, blasting gelignite, toe jam, strawberry jam, a paper jam, and four flavors of burrito - including the small burro variety.

Sausages.