John Christie wrote: >What does the warning label read on these new CD's EXACTLY? If it does >not explicitly say that it could cause damage if you put it into a PC >(rather than "attempt to play" or "copy") they are in serious trouble >here. > From what I've read, the label says "Will not work on PC/Mac." For a place the size of Sony, where was the legal department? I've seen warning labels for hammers that said, "Do not use in blenders." This may all be a new urban myth, but it sure seems plausible that some morons out there think they will protect their pocketbooks this way from the great unwashed. You know, the great unwashed, us, the ones who buy their crap in the first place. > >BTW, Phillips has made a commitment to making CD drives for computers >that bypass this copy protection problem. It won't be long until they >are reengineered again. > >They are doing something wrong here. The reason it is wrong is because >they are not attacking pirating. They are attacking copying; which is >perfectly legal and something an owner of the CD is entitled to do. > They're not even attacking piracy, let alone copying. They're attacking every machine versatile enough, powerful enough, or expensive enough to do more then dumbly play a music CD. -------------------------- "Oh, did we mess up your machine? We're just protecting our property. "Send us a bill to fix it? Of course not, it's not our fault the disc got in there." "You must have been trying to steal from us, otherwise it wouldn't have happened." ---------------------------- >I've yet to see one of these things sold in Canada. There must be a >legal reason why. > >Frank > Maybe not Frank. The labels are probably pretty small. And Canada just folded on the US complaints by Dish TV the other day, so now any Canadians looking at an American satellite transmission are apparently de facto criminals. How's that for free speech and freedom of information? --------------------------? >We're about 5 years away from embedded microchips in our necks, and continuous >recordings of our actions and thoughts from cameras at the stoplights. Orwell blew >his estimate by only 20 years. I suspect his graveside RPM's were about 33 and 1/3 in >the 80's and are a few hundred meghertz today--looking forward all the while to the >next Pentium productivity leap. > Bah Humbuggg Wulkowicz -- Mac Canada is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Shop Canadian, visit Mantek Services <http://www.mantek.mb.ca> Low Prices That Will Keep YOU and Your MAC Smiling Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac Canada info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-can.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-canada%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
