[nflug] Another reason to not use M$ products...

[JJ Neff]

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00097A5HW/ref=ase_ourlyrics-20/002-0697271-8584052?v=glance&s=music

Fijacion Oral

I don't blame Shakira - although at one point I raved against everyone involved
in producing a CD that will not play on a computer or Digital player.

Obviously the "protection" had little impact except to keep the majority from
using the CD on the player they wanted in the format they wanted, since the
MP3s were easily available in just about whatever your file swapping
application of choice is.  So one has to use "illegal" software to get a
legally purchased album in a format that can be played on their legally
purchased MP3 player.

Wow that's an orwellian world. Catch-22 comes to mind as well.

JJ
--- Josh Johnson <joshj at linuxmail.org> wrote:

> On Wed, 2 Nov 2005, JJ Neff wrote:
> 
> > He has a bit of a point though.  I've been trying to get a legally
> purchased CD
> > to play on any PC Linux or Windows - without installing software from the
> CD.
> > I cannot play a Shakira CD I bought on my PC at all.  It either requires a
> > Windows only software install or an old analog only CD player (I can play
> it on
> > the car stereo or an old player in my basement!).
> >
> 
> which Shakira CD? I'm not a fan, but I'd buy a copy just to try this out.
> 
> 
> > In order to prevent copying the CD will not play on a Digital player and I
> > assumed it would be easy to get around this being a Linux user, but I
> > eventually gave up and got the same songs from another source - the songs I
> > legally purchased and wished to have on my mp3player!
> >
> > So it is a Digital Rights issue as the OS in question made no difference on
> > whether this CD woudl play or not.  Linux will not detect it as a readable
> CD
> > in any way,.  The format has been purposely corrupted and so they can not
> have
> > the CD image on the case or cd since it is not in a correct CD format.
> >
> > Oh well
> >
> > I'll keep looking for an easy way to play these CDs on a PC, but it won't
> > change until the users make enough of an impact.  AS long as CDs continue
> to
> > sell well it won't matter what we think.
> >
> > !!
> >>>
> >>> I'm sorry for going off, but sometimes people need to get a fundamental
> >>> understanding of issues, and not react to the slightest trigger of
> anything
> >>> having the word Microsoft in it. This is the line that Zealots cross
> which
> >>> instantly make their arguments not credible.
> >>>
> >>> -Mark
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >> And maybe a response like this is better suited for a personal e-mail
> >> instead of to a Linux mailing list. I certainly could do without this
> >> clogging my inbox.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Jesse Jarzynka
> >> Cyber Source
> >> http://www.jessejoe.com/
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