Arrr, matey!

[miss_squiddy]

Hrrm. Seems that record companies have launched a new weapon in the fight against music piracy - uncopiable (and seemingly unplayable) CDs! (Note the splendid returns policy...)



I can see this idea being scrapped almost immediately (if it can't be 'fixed' with black marker pen) - it's getting to the point where most people won't want a CD they can't copy onto their iPod, MP3 player or computer...

Thanks to mikki_g for the link!

Comments

[miss_squiddy]

I like actually owning albums. I suppose they're something which might dissappear completely in the nexr few years, but I prefer buying actual physical objects rather than streams of data. I still don't trust technology. It changes too quickly.

[miss_squiddy]

Would be pretty difficult to try and DJ without any working CDs! That would make a large part of your collection pretty much obsolete, wouldn't it?

[miss_squiddy]

I reckon it's all a plot so the record companies can cash in on downloading. your Cd won't play? Why not buy the MP3 version too, sucker?

[lee-chaos.livejournal.com]

That's *exactly* it - and the old licences allowed you to make copies of music for 'personal use'.

Record companies are just getting greedy and desperate under the cloak of lgal righteousness...

...and I'm off again. FECK! ARSE! MP3s! GIRLS!

[nathan-courtney.livejournal.com]

Oddly enough, I'm exactly the same.

While MP3s are good, they're still a lossey form of compression, so I'd still rather have the original CD.

[mrscruff.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but thinking about it, CD's aren't the godsend they originally were. What are they now? Six Technology jumps behind?

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

So do I, but I'd rather do without than support labels who are making the albums all but unusable.