[clug] [OT] EMI "copy control" on Linux

[Alex Satrapa]

On 13 Feb 2004, at 20:22, Martin Schwenke wrote:

> Warnings are clear enough and, now that I've been bitten, I'll be more
> careful in future.  I thought of taking it back (to the local JB HiFi
> store), but I can listen to it "good enough" in most environments...
> and it's an excellent album.

That's exactly what the record industry wants to hear.

And thanks to the DMCA which we're inheriting as part of the "Free" 
Trade Agreement with the USA, the mechanism that you described to get 
to the music will become illegal. You circumvented a copyright 
protection mechanism. Naughty you.

You shouldn't have to get bitten - the shops should be required to 
clearly label and display these products as defective.

These are oranges, those are lemons. They are in separate display 
cases. Why isn't it the same for pre-recorded media?

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