I listen to CDs almost exclusively atwork using Realjukebox for playback
only (the COmpaq business machine has lousy audio hardware or something;
anyway an MP3 made on it doesnt' ssound worth bootlegging!) But I am so
angry at record companies for planning to adopt copy protection technology
that once such "protected" discs hit the stores,i am going to try to
organize a massive consumer boycott. The DMCA law that allowed this has
killed fair use, and whatever methods they will let you use to make
personal copies will probably be incompatible across different record
labels, so that a label could let you make your own compilations only of
their own songs - or sell you ready made ones! I am also afraid these
schemes will interfere not only with the record function in programs like
RealJukebox but also with playback. Where does that leave me?
Please pass this on. When copy protected discs hit the stores DON'T BUY
THEM. Tell the record companies this whole thing absolutely sucks and we
want our fair use back! As for piracy: yeah, it's a long term thing but
the only way to stop piracy is to teach better ethics in schools. Most
people who download so called pirate MP3s do not consider it stealing -
this tells me we need to change the way we educate our young.
Kristin
