Eminem CD could be 'pirate proof'

[Pascal62480]

Hi!,

Eminem could become the latest high profile artist to have his album protected against copyright infringement.
The controversial rapper and his Universal label are in talks to release the forthcoming The Eminem Show with technology that would prevent widespread copying.

Just check this out.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/low/english/entertainment/music/newsid_1962000/1962093.stm

[BloodySabbath]

I'd be willing to put put good money on it being released on the internet before June 3rd, and I guarentee it'll be ripped June 3rd if it hasnt been ripped already by that time. And once it gtes on a couple networks, the 'widespread copying' will begin.
Who cares if the average user cant rip it themselves? They'll still be able to download it.
I think the labels should put more efforts into making a CD a worthwhile purchase instead of these futile attempts to prevent copying.

[Foreverboard]

Agreed, Copy protection only works for people who dont want to take the time to get past it. I am suppose to get a pre-relese hopefully I will have it on Kazaa_lite or XoloX before the relesese. BTW, I got a screener copy of Spiderman from a friend it should be on Kazza_light and Xolox after I repace my 6gig drive with my new 30gig. Yippy. I love Free stuff.:sw :sw

[wiggum]

I'd be willing to put put good money on it being released on the internet before June 3rd

Of course it will. The tile track is already there. I think the RIAA is giving up trying to fight p2p. It is focusing on stopping CD Burning. Tacticts like this will work against your typical user.

Foreverboard. how are you getting your hands on a pre-release? :shy

[MusicMan]

Albums that are copy protected generally tend to be un-playable on older players, this is gonna make some legit customers mad too.

[Foreverboard]

and some copy protected cds wont play on DVD players ether. Even some of the new ones.

my pre-release comes from a few friends in the brodcasting field. I got D12's full albem two weeks before the "offical" release date. And the new KorN (only a few days on that one though) But I never hold my breath people nowadays are so friggin' unreliable sometimes.

[yomammy]

Just downloaded almost ALL of Eminem's new album (just missing a few songs). It's on just about EVERY file-swap program!

[Mar1ne]

Talking about File Copy Protection...

Any of you remember the game Command & Conquer Tiberiun Sun?

When this was released it was meant to be "un-copyable" and was deemed the best security in File Copy Protection going.

I bought a copy, took it round my mates and started to play.

Fair enough it wouldnt copy, but after a few tweaks of our burning properties we turned the copy speed down to 1x and used I think disc juggler and then it copied?????

So this amazingly new "un-copyable" File copy Protection wasnt protected against a slow burner.

[Foreverboard]

I didnt have to do anythign to copy this. I just put it in and used nero. Made an image to my hard drive and then copyied it. You can get past most copy protection that way. But some you ahve to have a fast enough buner to read past the errors.

[Jeramey]

It doesn't matter if the new CD is copyrighted for there is already all kinds of files of the songs on the CD all over the Internet.

[PatientSaint]

well ask sony about their 7 million dollar research into un ripable cds lol a 2$ felt tip marker does that in :cross i think too much more effort should be put into better artists not copyright protection

[AngelBlue]

Yuppers, I dont know how we as a consumer, or the musicians as an artist, allowed the music industry to become such a gatekeeper controller over music. In many ways their slick talking making them become so much more from just distributors to the actual owners of music itself. They are not the music. They are just like any one aspect that makes up the process between artist to listener. Shame on us for allowing this to happen. Sadly, I hear so many people say "Vote with your dollar". Not that I disagree, but I bet the moment everyone did that, is when the RIAA/MPAA screams its piracy! They have too much power and the artist has none. And only loud mouths and mostly fringe element artists such as Metallica and Eminem speak for RIAA. Heck, I wish the fanbase for those artists would have some way of speaking their mind (if they all screamed to maintain the status quo...well then they get whats due to them). Music...is not a job...its a passion...and art. The moment you start your job of music, is when the music note falls flat. Sure no shame in making a buck, but the current mentallity and expectation is broken. Its pretty funny that artists scream of not making money while courting the devil (RIAA/MPAA). As for Eminem...sigh...that fool really needs to just grow up...I hate artists that try to be controversial for the sake of being contraversial. No message...just blowing steam and being noisy as hell in the hope that someone might think its different and called art.... But then again I guess art is in the eye of the beholder... sometimes its just in the wrong orifice.

Peace