Copyright Protected Disc will not play on your Mac (or PeeCee)...

You're not the only one, and most companies have decided that copy protected audio CDs are generally not worth the trouble, from what I have heard. Let's say, for example, that a popular band comes out with a new CD, but it's copy protected. Philips, the company that made the CD standard, says that the copy protected CD isn't even a true CD. Then lots of people buy the copy protected CD, and spread the word that it can't be played (at all, or it plays at a lower quality) on a computer. They tell other people, and the CD is pretty much ignored. Or worse, the consumers who bought the copy protected CD demand their money back (whether that's legal or not is besides my point, it would still be costly for the recording company).

How many people are going to buy the discs if they know they can't be played on a computer? I think that it's pretty safe to say that a lot of people are doing more and more listening to MP3s, which inherently needs a computer.

Thankfully, none of the CDs listed were CDs that I wanted to buy anyways... :rolleyes:
 
i don t know. there are copy protection measures in most DVDs, and DVD sales are still huge.

i guess the difference is that DVDs had this from the start, so people never had the option. CDs are an old entrenched technology, and people aren t going to switch to a new format that is also the minority
 
i don t know. there are copy protection measures in most DVDs, and DVD sales are still huge.
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You can still play a DVD in your computer, though without a risk of it locking it up and rendering it unusable or corupting your CD-Rom firmware.

And DVDs were designed to support copy protection, so it still follows the DVD spec, however CD's aren't, so any "copyprotection" on a "CD" makes it not a CD, but a nonstandard disc.
 
Well, whatever. As long as there are people who record those CDs to MP3s via an analogue sound cable and put them onto the Gnutella network, I think you can still download the album in order to listen to it on your computer.
 
fryke posted:
I think you can still download the album in order to listen to it on your computer.
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Which is fine for people with high bandwidth that don't mind illegally copying CDs. For those of us on a modem, one MP3 can take about an hour to download (depending on file size and connection quality), not to mention a whole CD...

The thing I hate the most about CD copy protection is that the CD can actually damage your drive. :eek: And I sincerely doubt that any recording company will pay for repairs... So now I have to be extra vigilant about the CDs that go into my machine. Not that I'd allow Celine Dion in my drive anyway, but assuming that the copy protection expands to music that's more my style.
 
These CDs won't play on a computer or on older CD players. I have a PowerCD with a set of Apple Computer Speakers connected to it. I love that PowerCD. I have a problem with CDs that won't play on my PowerCD. That's a load and a half and I'll demand my money back if I get one of those copy protected POS.

The fact is that as long as you can hear the sound, you can record it. This is very little deterrent to music pirates.
 
Copyrighted Cds are not considered Audio Cds and if you take a close look at them – they no longer bear the “Audio CD” symbol anymore – because they broke the standard.

I have lost total faith and respect in the music industry / RIAA…
As of late they have made total idiots of what once where wonderful artists – they made Shakira into Britney Spears, Enrique Iglesias into a Backstreet Boy/Nsync… not to mention a good handful of other singers that my best friend and I used to respect since we knew them for years before being “Americanized” (as my friend puts it) or “RIAAed” (as my answer to her’s! lol).

The music industry and their current artists have turned into such crud as of late - and we’re so sorry to say that about Shakira – since we have been her #1 fans since 1996 with her trade mark beautiful jet-black hair with red streaks… we almost puked when we saw her blond and turned into Britney Spears for the first time! L

RIAA does not want me to listen to their Cds on my computer – or have my Cds turned into MP3s so I can listen to them without lugging around my entire CD library… no problem – actually RIAA does not have to worry about us two anymore – because we now simply REFUSE to buy their music anymore!

We are now searching out independent artists that rather stay independent than be lured in by the music industry. Luckily we live in the Los Angeles area and have a few places we can go to discover some of these people like Dharmatribe, Black Monday, THR33, and a few others we enjoy…

Our 2 cents – uh, 4? J
 
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