NOOOOOOOOOOO...no more free music

[EmperorNero]

http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-4099854.html

"If successfully employed, SunnComm's technology could become the first to hamper the copying of CDs onto the Internet--a practice described as one of the music industry's greatest obstacles in its war against piracy. Nearly all of the music shared on the Internet through programs such as Napster comes from CDs, which can easily be copied, or "ripped," as MP3 files.

SunnComm said that the technology will also prevent people from copying, or "burning," albums onto other CDs but would not block them from recording songs onto cassette tapes."

this could be a beginning of an end . if other record companies catch on, future cds cannot be pirated...err..shared. dammit.

 

[bigbootydaddy]

theres a thread on this already....ugh...im too lazy to link.

 

[bigbootydaddy]

k fine, i got off my lazy butt

actually i didnt.

here

 

[Pyro]

dont fret about it.

Whatever the technology is, it will get cracked several days after its released.

even if its some awesome technology that took 6 years to develop, it will not be able to withstand crackers/hackers (lets not get into a dispute about what they should be called plz) for more than several months...

 

[kami]

yeah, it'll be cracked...don't worry.

 

[Bryan]

What can be made by a man can ALWAYS be broken by another, short of making you call and register your music CD ala MS Office SR-1.

 

[ravahbOi]

Maybe one of these days, people will realize that no matter how much security or prohibition one puts on something like that, it just doesn't matter. The minds of today always seem to be just one step ahead of the game. Oh well... Hope it gets cracked soon!

 

[Ultima200]

Yeah exactly, look at DVDs, remember that guy in Germany who was able to copy them?

 

[StageLeft]

I would not lose even a second of sleep over this. It will be broken.

 

[Russ]

Oh NO! If successful, that would mean you people would have to actually EARN your music by PAYING for it. What an injustice!

Russ, NCNE

 

[purplehayes]

Slightly off-topic, but, what's with Office 200 SR-1 anyway? What a hassle! :|

PH

 

[JenniZ]

You know, I copy cd's, download mp3's and all that, but I wouldnt be upset. I know Im ripping it off, and freely admit that. If someone comes up with a way to stop it, I'm not going to bitch about not being able to be a cheap bitch. Besides I buy lots of cd's as well as copy and download mp3's.

"Why dont you get a job"

 

[JenniZ]

Oh yeah, it will be cracked anyhow.

 

[IsOs]

<< John Aquilino, chairman of SunnComm, said &quot;Everyone else has done hardware-based solutions. We've altered data at multiple points in the disc to render it incapable of being copied or recognized from the standpoint of data. There's a whole lot of data aside from the audio such as the table of contents, and that's the kind of data you're altering. Those types of data typically need to be read only when copying a disc, not when simply playing it.&quot; >>



As long as they make sure the sound quality is not affected so consumers can connect the out of the CD player to the Audio in of a good amp to pump that music

 

[EmperorNero]

<< Oh NO! If successful, that would mean you people would have to actually EARN your music by PAYING for it. What an injustice! >>



I sooooooo agree