iPod-compatible copy protected CDs from EMI

Hahahahaha! Suckers!

It would seem apparent now that the global music corps aren't going to give up on copy-protected music cds. Like taxes and cancer, DRM is, apparently, going to make our lives forever miserable. The standardized, ongoing, systematic corruption of the established red-book standard, even by those who invented it in the first place (hello, Sony), is now the new de facto standard. I will call it the new black-book standard. I haven't purchased a (standard) music cd in over 5 years, and it looks like another 5 years will pass before I'll even consider it again. Yet, it seems to me that all of this weighty DRM baggage is ONLY going to make the world just that more determined to first *crack* (rip) the tracks from these bum discs, through whatever means possible, then immediately POST them online (P2P; Bit Torrent) for download all over the Net. Many people will do this just out of SPITE. Hence, P2P is only going to shove DRM and copy-protected discs right back in their (RIAA's) face. Despite the RIAA's attempts to squash P2P, you and I both know it's here to stay. The RIAA may continue to make individual people's lives miserable, but they will never succeed in squashing P2P. Can't be done. Because of their continual attempts at the destruction of Fair Use Rights, something that has been with us since the music cd ever first saw the light of day, they (the RIAA) have earned the worldwide scorn and loathing they so richly deserve. Go ahead. Bring on your DRM and copy-crippled discs. We'll all be downloading them sometime tomorrow morning.

Quote:

---

Go ahead. Bring on your DRM and copy-crippled discs. We'll all be downloading them sometime tomorrow morning.

---

just info Two 360s taken in Virginia armed robbery Consoles taken at gunpoint just hours ago; thief apprehended, consoles recovered. A Stafford, Virginia, Electronics Boutique store was the scene of an armed robbery this morning. According to sources, the perpetrator made off with two Xbox 360 systems, forcing the store manager to hand them over at gunpoint. Sources tell GameSpot the local police responded quickly, cordoned off the store, and immediately pursued the thief. The thief was apprehended shortly afterward. Because the police consider the heist an ongoing criminal investigation, store employees were reluctant to discuss details of the robbery. But as of press time, the store is open, and all systems are back to normal. "We're all fine, and everything is cool," a store staffer told GameSpot. By Curt Feldman -- GameSpot http://www.gamespot.com/news/6140176.html

When are these idiots going to realize that there is no 100% full proof copy protection. They may make it harder but it only takes one person to play a song via their Ipod through the sound card, record it, save it as an mp3 and bingo mass downloads. Give it up record companies. You have lost the war.

there is a reason that a criminal is called a criminal and that reason is that he breaks the law. If to date someone hasn't had an issue with pirating movies or music, is it reasonable to presume that by forcing crippled and DRM infected media to your honest customers, that this will stop the thief from being a thief?? Thats like anti-gun laws. If a crook wants a gun he will get one regardless of the law while the honest citizen will not buy one. In fact criminals LOVE anti-gun laws... it makes their job of robbing you alot SAFER. (lol) But then this whole premise requires that the RIAA and MPAA are actually reasonable... a state of being that so far seems to elude them!