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Thread ID: 81023 2007-07-13 01:53:00 SONY TO SUE ROOTKIT MAKER Tony.br (4018) PC World Chat
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568671 2007-07-15 10:56:00 a ha, as soon as a music cd has software on it, it ceases to be a music cd instead becoming a cdrom containing music. I have returned many a cd for this reason(after copying it).

That would be the exact reason why The Warehouse has a non return policy for purchased CD music.
winmacguy (3367)
568672 2007-07-15 11:05:00 That would be the exact reason why The Warehouse has a non return policy for purchased CD music.

not at all, they have sold you a product that is misleading, they have represented it as a music cd when it actually isn't. Not good for intended purposes.They didn't know i copied it. Just told them it wouldn't work in my computer which is my primary cd player. They quite happily refunded. and before you say that a cdrom should play in a computer, it was quite a well known fact that these cd's didn't play nicely with mac's
plod (107)
568673 2007-07-15 11:17:00 semantics, although I have to admit that I have "borrowed" the original CDs to about half the music on my HD. I do however, pay for CDs from NZ artists.
I just think NZs laws regarding both copying and making backup copies are both outdated and completely irrelevant in the digital age. Drop the price of a music track to around $1 ($1.79 (17.99 album) isn't too bad compared to $29.95 for an album) so that music tracks become so cheap that pirating is nearly unnecessary - or at least not such a big deal.

As for Sony and it's root kit debacle, they deserve what ever expenses they get.
winmacguy (3367)
568674 2007-07-15 11:44:00 And on that note.

Back to the Burning Wreck

rocks.

Buy it or die111
Metla (12)
568675 2007-07-16 23:38:00 not at all, they have sold you a product that is misleading, they have represented it as a music cd when it actually isn't. Not good for intended purposes.They didn't know i copied it. Just told them it wouldn't work in my computer which is my primary cd player. They quite happily refunded. and before you say that a cdrom should play in a computer, it was quite a well known fact that these cd's didn't play nicely with mac's

That's why the official "Compact Disc - Digital Audio" logo that is normally on the 2 little rectangles in the cd insert in the case, is not there anymore, as the CD does not adhere to official red book standards, they also say that in the tray insert

and yes, I recall a certain mac computer (wasn't it mac mini?) had major problems with not being able to read a certain type of protected audio CD, and refusing to eject it, and had to be taken back to the shop to get the CD removed.

So to the record companies; they make CDs that:

1) Don't work in half the players, especially car cd players
2) screw up some mac computers
3) install ****ty software to windows pcs, sometimes without asking
4) even have errors put into the CD on purpose, thus making it harder to rip

And then they still want us to pay $30 for that piece of crap and not be pissed off when it either doesn't work or screws up our computers, or sounds like **** from the inserted errors

Funny enough though, if you DO manage to copy it and burn to CD-R, your resulting CD will be perfectly fine and play just great in practically everything.

Congratulations on forcing us to copy your CDs. I hope you feel proud.
Agent_24 (57)
568676 2007-07-16 23:46:00 That's why the official "Compact Disc - Digital Audio" logo that is normally on the 2 little rectangles in the cd insert in the case, is not there anymore, as the CD does not adhere to official red book standards, they also say that in the tray insert

and yes, I recall a certain mac computer (wasn't it mac mini?) had major problems with not being able to read a certain type of protected audio CD, and refusing to eject it, and had to be taken back to the shop to get the CD removed.

So to the record companies; they make CDs that:

1) Don't work in half the players, especially car cd players
2) screw up some mac computers
3) install ****ty software to windows pcs, sometimes without asking
4) even have errors put into the CD on purpose, thus making it harder to rip

And then they still want us to pay $30 for that piece of crap and not be pissed off when it either doesn't work or screws up our computers, or sounds like **** from the inserted errors

Funny enough though, if you DO manage to copy it and burn to CD-R, your resulting CD will be perfectly fine and play just great in practically everything.

Congratulations on forcing us to copy your CDs. I hope you feel proud.

original imac i think OS9. Never happened to me but used that as excuse
plod (107)
568677 2007-07-17 02:41:00 Funky little beast designed around the concept of a Sunflower that Jonny Ive saw in Steve Jobs wife's garden - or so the story goes. winmacguy (3367)
568678 2007-07-17 03:48:00 Funky little beast designed around the concept of a Sunflower that Jonny Ive saw in Steve Jobs wife's garden - or so the story goes.

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plod (107)
568679 2007-07-17 03:56:00 I see Microsoft's copy protection (DRM) has been cracked again, I don't know why they bother trying. winmacguy (3367)
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