Gary Nunn wrote:
> I was on the fence about this issue, until I read this article. I didn't
> realize that you could not play a copy protected CD in a computer.
Interesting that she is NOT suing for monetary damages, only for disclosure.
> The owner of a CD should have the right to play the CD in the format of
> their choice. This new protection stops even the legal creation of MP3s for
> play in a digital player.
The label spokesman claims they should be able to limit the use of the CD. That
would be hard to say with a straight face - when CD's have been played on PC for
years - I've been doing that since 1991. Their "solution" of downloading
protected tracks from a web site could be called discriminatory as well, unless
every American citizen has broadband access. Besides, with some ISPs the
download cost would be greater than the CD cost. Presumably those tracks can't
be used on another computer (whereas a CD can be) or downloaded to a MP3 player
or PDA either.
No matter what user's rights they can limit, the claimant's request that the
restrictions are displayed on the label seems pretty straightforward...
Russell C.
