I knew the ’shift’ key was important
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Once again from Bas himself....BMG came out
with a protected music cd to ease the RIAA. Well you know it didn't
take long, as a matter of fact that same day it showed on the Internet
for download.
According to this report from P2P.net , the much ballyhooed
copy
protected BMG album "Comin' Where I'm From" is a hit on P2P,
but not
because folks want to listen to the latest from BMG. Supposedly,
within hours of its release, tracks were available ad nauseum on
file sharing networks because the protected cd was cracked.
Especially embarrassing to Sunncomm that conducted an "external
testing phase" prior to the release, "with the intention of
determining compliance with the official test procedures and
guidelines for protected content recently outlined by the Recording
Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the International
Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPA)," They should have
added "it's no fair if you push the shift key when you insert the
album".The challenge to say you can't copy this album was more than
most people could bear. Even for the Dept. of Computer Science at
Princeton.
Apparently they found that by holding 'shift' while inserting the cd caused
the device driver not to load on the PC that has the protection. Or
if someone did not use auto-play. Better yet most Mac's don't support
the driver either.
So right about now I imagine BMG is saying "Which foot shall I say
I shot myself in?"
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On Tuesday, October 7th, 2003 by Chris Miller
