We are alreay aware of this from a week ago or so. Natalie Imbruglia CD "White Lilies Island" copy protected by Cactus Data Shield and BMG Involved:
So what's the problem? "Record label attempts at restricting the potential uses of their CDs have hit another bump in the antipiracy road. Music label BMG had announced earlier this year that it would try to find ways to restrict its CDs, in an effort to stem piracy and the trading of MP3 files. But those plans appear to have backfired, so far" |
Why?
"As reported on Fat Chuck's Corrupt CDs website, the new disc exhibited inconsistent behavior when tested in a variety of CD/DVD environments. For example, playback was unencumbered on an Apple iBook running OS 9, but not using OSX, where the first track was unplayable. Digitally burning to a MiniDisc is said to be out of the question, and the disc reportedly hiccups in a variety of older consumer CD and DVD machines."
Will BMG fix the problem?
"Hoffman says BMG will replace any problematic discs with unrestricted versions and has set up a special phone number for European customers who wish to exchange their discs."
Is that the end of it?
"that this latest misstep will not deter the company from encoding future releases, stating, "The testing phase is proceeding in a way that we want to pursue it."
Cactus Data Shield is proud of their technology however consider this and are we surprised?
"But in the final analysis, did the restriction technology prevent the Imbruglia CD from being pirated? One online posting reads: "Needless to say, it's been ripped and copies are already up on file-swap sites, and in fact were there before the album was officially launched."
The question is "Will They Ever Learn"?
Source: Stereophile Magazine
