Re: [acid-jazz] Virus on Spacek's Vintage Hi-Tech CD

From: Olaf Molenveld (olaf_at_interactivelink.nl)
Date: 2003-06-25 11:11:44

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    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>
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    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."