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As major record labels roll out a new breed of compact disc designed to prevent Napster (news - web sites)-style piracy, Dutch consumer electronics maker Philips , the co-creator of the CD, is refusing to play along.
The new discs now making their way into record stores in the United States and Europe contain countermeasures that prevent playback on computers and, in some unintended cases, normal CD players as well.
``What we've seen so far is troublesome and cumbersome,'' said Gerry Wirtz, general manager of the Philips copyright office that governs the compact disc trademark. ``We worry (the labels) don't know what they're doing.''
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Philips, because of conformity issues, has warned the record labels that the discs are actually not compact discs at all, and must bear warning labels to inform consumers.
``We've made sure they would put a very clear warning that you're not buying a compact disc, but something different,'' Wirtz told Reuters. ``We've been warning some labels to begin with, and they've adjusted their behavior.''
That means labels would also be barred from using the familiar ``compact disc'' logo that has been stamped on every CD since Philips and Sony jointly developed the technology in 1978.
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Even when the protection technology works as intended, Wirtz said that normal wear and tear could eventually overwhelm the error correction for the altered discs, causing them to become unreadable within a few years.
``We fear some of these so-called copy-protected CDs will play at first, but will eventually show problems and break down,'' he said.
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Aside from its ownership of the compact disc trademark, Philips is a major manufacturer of CD burners, and Wirtz said future Philips machines will likely be able to both read and burn the protected CDs -- a proposition that may land the company in the crosshairs of the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act, or DMCA.
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YAY Phillips! Hopefully they succeed, but knowing the bitch corporate whore labels... well, and the bitch corporate whore politicians, well, you know... I don't hold out much faith...
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As major record labels roll out a new breed of compact disc designed to prevent Napster (news - web sites)-style piracy, Dutch consumer electronics maker Philips , the co-creator of the CD, is refusing to play along.
The new discs now making their way into record stores in the United States and Europe contain countermeasures that prevent playback on computers and, in some unintended cases, normal CD players as well.
``What we've seen so far is troublesome and cumbersome,'' said Gerry Wirtz, general manager of the Philips copyright office that governs the compact disc trademark. ``We worry (the labels) don't know what they're doing.''
...
Philips, because of conformity issues, has warned the record labels that the discs are actually not compact discs at all, and must bear warning labels to inform consumers.
``We've made sure they would put a very clear warning that you're not buying a compact disc, but something different,'' Wirtz told Reuters. ``We've been warning some labels to begin with, and they've adjusted their behavior.''
That means labels would also be barred from using the familiar ``compact disc'' logo that has been stamped on every CD since Philips and Sony jointly developed the technology in 1978.
...
Even when the protection technology works as intended, Wirtz said that normal wear and tear could eventually overwhelm the error correction for the altered discs, causing them to become unreadable within a few years.
``We fear some of these so-called copy-protected CDs will play at first, but will eventually show problems and break down,'' he said.
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Aside from its ownership of the compact disc trademark, Philips is a major manufacturer of CD burners, and Wirtz said future Philips machines will likely be able to both read and burn the protected CDs -- a proposition that may land the company in the crosshairs of the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act, or DMCA.
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YAY Phillips! Hopefully they succeed, but knowing the bitch corporate whore labels... well, and the bitch corporate whore politicians, well, you know... I don't hold out much faith...
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Date: 2002-01-18 06:50 am (UTC)i'm not buying anything from any company that copy-protects disks, since they are completely unreadable on a mac, which is what i use for my stereo. :)
i hope there's a big backlash!
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Date: 2002-01-18 09:38 am (UTC)but why I'm really here is to ask if I can beautify the akashicdj comm.?
I think we should add a background and snazz it up ;)
let me know what you think.
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Date: 2002-01-18 10:22 am (UTC)