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Thread: Sony Doing An End Run Around Its Own DRM

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    [news=http://www.n24.de/images/2004/07/29/2004072909374907815.jpg]glassgnost writes "According to a story at CNN, Sony has an odd response to complaints from fans who have discovered they cannot import their CD content to an iPod. Individuals who complain to Sony BMG about iPod incompatibility are being directed to a Web site that provides information on how to work around the technology. In short, some labels appear to have been instructing customers how to defeat DRM -- which, IIRC, is a violation of DMCA." From the article: "For now, the copy-protected discs work only with software and devices compatible with Microsoft Windows Media technology. Apple -- the dominant player in digital music -- has resisted appeals from the labels to license its FairPlay DRM for use on the copy-protected discs. The DRM initiatives are generating complaints from fans, many of whom own iPods. The message boards of artist fan sites and online retailers are filled with complaints from angry consumers who did not realize they were buying a copy-protected title until they tried to create music files on their home computers."

    Source: http://politics.slashdot.org/article...11238&from=rss[/news]

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    Barbarossa's Avatar mostly harmless
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    DRM is total overkill. Everyone who has any sense knows it. Good on Sony BMG for thinking about the fans for once...

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    THIS IS ON A CD????

    Couldnt your rip it to mp3. I wouldnt buy the CD if i liked ALL the songs and it cost $1.

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    nice sig. did u watch the vid
    Last edited by twisterX; 10-06-2005 at 03:27 AM.

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