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Re: Intellectual Property Question
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Sat, 27 Sep 2003 02:55:14 GMT
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   Depending on how DRM is implemented, isn’t the suggestion that you don’t have the right to convert from one file format to another? I understand that CD-like disks have just been released to the U.S. market that WILL NOT play on a computer -- they are specifically designed to fail if an attempt is made to play them on a computer. Basically, the consumer is cheated in two ways there: one, they cannot digitally transfer the material to another perhaps more convenient format; and two, the failure to make the disks PC compatible means there is no easy way to create a backup. Again, forcing you to buy another copy should this copy become damaged.

-- Hop-Frog

I am pretty sure I read that the “CD-like disks” can be made into CDs by using a magic marker and coloring in the data track. Theres a couple million bucks of development down the toilet. I know I personally will not buy a CD that I can’t play in my computer as that is the “CD player” I use the most.

-Mike Petrucelli



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Tom: I suppose you realize you could just download these two songs, right? The RIAA has specifically targeted uploaders, not downloaders. The theory is that it is possible to have a need, not unlike you own, that might make downloading a song a (...) (21 years ago, 27-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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