Sony Defeats its own DRM

[dubstylee]

Major labels Sony BMG and EMI are releasing more and more new CDs that block fans from dragging their tunes to iPods.

Now, in the most bizarre turn yet in the record industry's piracy struggles, stars Dave Matthews Band, Foo Fighters and Switchfoot -- and even Sony BMG, when the label gets complaints -- are telling fans how they can beat the system.

Sony BMG Music Entertainment now regularly releases its new U.S. titles on CDs protected with digital rights management (DRM) that dictates which file formats consumers can use to digitally copy the music. MP3 is not one of those formats. The DRM also limits how many copies of the files consumers can make.

EMI Music is testing a similar initiative for wide-scale use by 2006.

But these decisions are not sitting well with some of the artists whose CDs have been secured. A number of leading acts are using their Web sites to instruct fans on how to work around the technology. (Others, including Jermaine Dupri, have expressed support for anti-copying efforts.)

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.

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[Auggie2k]

DRM has no chance as long as P2P is around. You only need one good copy of the CD and the chain begins!

[Signa]

i dont own any new CDs to see how it works against me, but the program that i use just simply works in a way that i question the effectivness of copy protection.

[Pathtek24]

You know, seeing the way I treat my CD's sometimes, they better not block my from making more than one back-up...that ain't right because what if i need to make a recopy of it 20 years down?!!? and you just can't seem to find good Albums on p2p since winmx closed!

[Potato]

Bypass the protection when inserting the CD into your computer, rip the CD, and..... it should be okay right? I haven't had a problem yet.

[zarquon]

There's always an analogue cd rip, this can never be locked.

[truelyme]

Well, well, could it possibly be the customer telling big music that DRM isn't going to float if the cartels want to sell music? Seems that the cartels and through their mouthpeice the RIAA have always had that attitude that the customers wants don't matter. That their services and distribution nets were the only game in town and if you wanted it, you would settle for their way or no way at all.

According to surveys people don't agree with that. How could p2p usage rise 300% if everyone agreed with what the megacorporations want to demand? Still sillier is this sue em all campaign. It takes a long time to get grass roots rolling with a head of steam. Sueing your best customers is never a mark of business intelligence and it would seem everyone and their bother is aware of this. That is all but the cartels.

The starting of selling digital music on line has been marred by the excessive charges that are demanded for locked down and lower quality offerings. Even here the cartels show their greed by wanting to yet again attempt a price increase by whatever means necessary. By their latest logic for a reason that more current and newer songs should have greater price it leads one to the other conclusion that older offerings should have lower prices. Somehow I fail to see that being mentioned anywhere while trying to impress us with their business accumin.

[R.S.BROWN]

Three Little Words:

Dos Cd Ripping.

[mountain_rage]

Shows you which artists are greedy and which arnt. Who the hell is jermaine dupri anyway some pretty boy wanna be rapper?

[Auggie2k]

There's always an analogue cd rip, this can never be locked.

It's just so bloody time consuming. Reminds me of the tape recording days...!

[origin]

the copyright bs they put on the cd doesnt stop anyone there are a few helpfull programs out there to help you get passed it the so called protection! anydvd! and cdex! thats it and one is actually is free. sony and riaa are opressers of free thought welcome to america mfers!.
IF u are interested:
http://www.slysoft.com/en/anydvd.html
http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/

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