From: Olaf Molenveld (olaf_at_interactivelink.nl)
Date: 2003-06-25 11:11:44
recently several CD's i purchased contain a new copy-protection mechanism
which seems quiet addequate for "regular" consumers.....ie works rather
good... of course it's rather easy to work around with a decent ripper like
CDex or something like that...i also noticed that some cd-players (both
older hardware ones, and cd-rom players) can get confused by this protection
and start trying to access the tracks like crazy, which takes up a lot of
CPU, which can make your computer seem to hang...... i am not aware of any
virusses inside music-files or connected to protected CD's...
Olaf
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From: mga <stevencatanzaro_at_sprintmail.com>
To: ACID JAZZ MAILING LIST <acid-jazz_at_ucsd.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 8:53 PM
Subject: Re: [acid-jazz] Virus on Spacek's Vintage Hi-Tech CD
Interesting. I had a similar experience recently with P'taah's "Staring At
The Sun" cd. I popped it into my computer and the machine froze up. Ended up
having to scramble to get my data back and had to get a new hard disk.
Could be coincidence... i.e., my hard drive went out at the precise moment
Chris Brann went in. But, it got me wondering. LA Times had a recent article
about how the record companies could fight piracy, using such techniques as
embedding worms in files shared on Kazaa, Soulseek and the like. One of the
execs said, "Some of the things we can do could be quite nasty."
Harry Shearer of NPR reported that the new Celine Dion CD, when placed in
an Imac, disables the computer to such a point that the only way to get the
disc out and the computer up and running again is to take it in for service.
Looks like the war between record companies and consumers may swing into
high gear.... and we all know war is (usually) not the answer.
(PS... overheard... quote from very famous singing star with long string
of hits in '70's and '80's.... "Records and CD's are done. It's over. Dead.
Forget the labels. I'm making a big band CD."