"The Beastie Boys",
famous for their loud music style, have finally released a new CD after more
than five years. It seems though that this new CD is
copy protected, much to the dismay of the fans. The CD
doesn't play in PCs or MP3 players. Besides this, this message over at
SecurityFocus reports that the CD installs software on both Windows and MacOS
systems, without informing the user. Thank you GristyMcFisty for reporting this:
For a band which claims that "you gotta fight, for your
right, to party" it sure is taking cautious steps where releases are
concerned. Not only do they give you some trouble if you try to rip 'em,
many CD players won't even work with copy protected CDs, like car players
for example. According to a message board user at the beastieboys.com
website, it's impossible to listen to the CD on a pc without "installing
some sketchy player".
So, why is this CD copy protected? What are they trying to
achieve? They won't be able to stop it from leaking onto the internet,
cracking and ripping groups have already got around copy protected CDs.
And if someone were to pirate this CD, they surely wouldn't buy it anyway;
they'd simply download it from their favourite p2p network.
Seems to me the 'boys are just making CDs more difficult
to enjoy for the honest folk who actually buy their
music.
From
SecurityFocus:
It seems that Capitol Records has some
sort of new copy protection system, that automatically, silently, installs
"helpful" copy protection software on MacOS and Windows as soon as you
insert the CD into default systems.I'm not sure exactly what it does yet,
but I am sure regreting actually purchasing said media now... they don't
deserve my money if they choose to pull stupid stunts like this.
Installing software without your permission sounds like viral malware
behaviour to me. I certainly hope the AV companies put signatures into
their products for this crap. |
When will companies and musicians learn the copy protecting
their CDs is only going to hurt the fans? Copy protections are never full-proof
and sooner or later the CD will be ripped and released on to the Internet. It's
a waste of time and money in my opinion. If you have any thoughts on this, feel
free to share them below!
Source: The Inquirer
