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Copy Protected CD's Must Warn Consumers
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Posted by: Kdr Kane
In a win for the consumer, copy-protected CD makers must now warn consumers if they use copy-protection in their products before purchase.
California resident Karen DeLise sued Music City Records, Fahrenheit Entertainment and digital rights management company Sunncomm in Marin County Superior Court in September, alleging that actions they took to exert control over the album "Charley Pride: A Tribute to Jim Reeves" illegally violated consumer expectations. The album was the first known copy-protected CD released in the United States.
Attorneys for DeLise said the companies have agreed to stop tracking personally identifiable information of listeners, to purge their files of such information, and to warn consumers that the CD doesn't work in DVD players, MP3 players or CD-ROM players.
Hopefully this court settlement will extend to all forms of electronic copy-protection. Then the consumer can voice their objections appropriately by boycotting such products if they wish.
You can see the full story here on ZDNet News.
Posted by: iTaL
Why are they even trying lol
I mean to bypass and audio protecion
All u need is a 2 dollar audio outport line to the listening device and then reverse it back to the the old fassion no restriction format 
Posted by: TotalRecall
Yes! Lets see how well that protection goes over now...
This would have never worked on a large scale. Too many people use their computers to play their cds.
Posted by: AK47
*cranks up Charley Pride: A Tribute to Jim Reeves*
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